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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Coverdale comes upon the three people at the pulpit in Section 13, Chapter 25, who tells him that she is on trial for her life and suggests that he act as judge?

2. After Hollingsworth admits that he does love Priscilla, he bids her to come to him; what do Zenobia and Coverdale want Priscilla to do?

3. In Section 14, Chapter 27, what does Coverdale share with Hollingsworth that he suspects Zenobia has done?

4. In Section 9, Chapter 17, Coverdale obtains a room in a respectable hotel in town; what makes him feel stifled at first?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What gets Moodie to reveal his past to Coverdale?

2. How does Priscilla act after she lifts her veil in Section 12, Chapter 23?

3. What is ironic about Hollingsworth accidentally wounding Zenobia's corpse?

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

5. What strange foreboding does Coverdale have after Zenobia leaves Blithedale, and what does he do?

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

7. What does Zenobia do after Hollingsworth and Priscilla walk off together, arm in arm, in Section 13, Chapter 25?

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

9. How does Zenobia's death parallel with many village maidens who have also been wronged by their first love?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The people at Blithedale all have come together for the joint purpose of living an Arcadian lifestyle; however, not everyone has the same views about life and how they want things to be run at Blithedale. Explore the theme of skepticism vs. faith in The Blithedale Romance. What is the definition of skepticism? Where in the novel has skepticism been shown? What is the definition of faith? Where in the novel has faith been shown?

Essay Topic 2

Description is the fiction-writing mode for creating a mental image of a story. Study the use of description in The Blithedale Romance. How does Coverdale describe his first impressions of life at Blithedale? How is Zenobia vividly described?

Essay Topic 3

The novel, The Blithedale Romance, is a mysterious, cold, and somewhat Gothic story. How does Nathaniel Hawthorne set the tone in The Blithedale Romance? How is this tone important for the overall mood of the story? What is the tone in The Blithedale Romance? Does this tone seem to go well with the story?

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