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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9- Chapter 17: The Hotel and Chapter 18: The Boarding-House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?
(a) An exotic flower.
(b) The sun.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Eve in the Garden of Eden.

2. Mr. Hollingsworth finally arrives and Blithedale and brings a young girl, Priscilla; how does she react when she sees Zenobia?
(a) She begins to cry.
(b) She drops to her knees and clasps Zenobia's hand.
(c) She begins to scream.
(d) She yells and runs away.

3. Who looks at Coverdale scornfully from the boardinghouse window before lowering the curtain?
(a) Priscilla.
(b) Westervelt.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Hollingsworth.

4. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?
(a) Help her to get to know Mr. Hollingsworth better.
(b) That she will help her to know what to wear.
(c) Help her to get to know Mr. Coverdale better.
(d) Only that Zenobia allow her to always be near her.

5. What does Coverdale find Zenobia and Priscilla doing in the barn, in Section 4, Chapter 8?
(a) Feeding the horses.
(b) Reading and discussing their books.
(c) Lauging and celebrating the holiday together.
(d) Arguing.

Short Answer Questions

1. While telling her legend, Zenobia asks Priscilla to stand in front of her so that she can be inspired by her what?

2. What does Priscilla do when Coverdale tells her that she is fortunate that she has nothing dismal to remember?

3. Zenobia offers to invent a wild legend one day; how does everyone at Blithedale respond?

4. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what does the Lady tell the young man who sneaks into her room will happen to him if he kisses her?

5. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?

(see the answer key)

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