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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hollingsworth's pole strike at the bottom of the river while searching for Zenobia?
(a) Zenobia's boot.
(b) Zenobia's purse.
(c) Zenobia's body.
(d) Zenobia's shawl.

2. What makes Coverdale believe that Hollingsworth must be appropriating Zenobia's funds so lavishly?
(a) Hollingsworth claims he can have the necessary capital for his project within a month.
(b) Hollingsworth has bought himself a new wardrobe.
(c) Hollingsworth claims that they are out of money at Blithedale.
(d) Hollingsworth claims that money is not an option for him.

3. Moodie reveals that Priscilla and Zenobia are both his daughters; who raised Zenobia?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her bachelor uncle.
(d) Her mother.

4. In Section 8, Chapter 15, Hollingsworth, having no faith in Coverdale's dream, mentions his own scheme for what?
(a) Raising funds for a temple.
(b) Finding teachers for a school.
(c) Building of a hospital.
(d) Reformation of criminals.

5. Who summons Priscilla to see Coverdale at the boardinghouse?
(a) Moodie.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Westervelt.
(d) Hollingsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. From his hotel window in town, what is Coverdale watching creep along the office rooftops that bewitches him?

2. As Coverdale views the community of Blithedale from the woods, what does he see some strange creatures doing that makes him laugh out loud?

3. In Section 14, Chapter 27, what startles Hollingsworth about Coverdale's voice that makes him hurry to speak with him?

4. After fleeing his home to New England, Moodie took on a new name and home; who does he marry?

5. What does Moodie reveal to Coverdale that his name was twenty-five years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hollingsworth and Coverdale's friendship end?

2. What are three of the creatures that Coverdale spies in the woods as he returns to Blithedale?

3. How does Zenobia treat Coverdale when he visits her at the boarding-house?

4. What message does Zenobia ask Coverdale to take to Hollingsworth after she leaves Blithedale?

5. What does Coverdale observe Priscilla doing at the boardinghouse?

6. After Zenobia asks for Priscilla's forgiveness in Section 13, Chapter 25, what question does Zenobia ask her?

7. How does Coverdale compare the setting of his hotel to the setting at Blithedale?

8. What does Silas Foster think about Zenobia's disappearance?

9. What scheme does Hollingsworth ask Coverdale to join him in?

10. How does Coverdale feel as he leaves Blithedale in Section 8, Chapter 16?

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