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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. How does Mr. Foster greet all the men while the women are preparing dinner the first night at Blithedale?
(a) Uncouthly.
(b) Politely.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Nervously.

2. Coverdale reads a lot while in his room and discusses the works with Hollingsworth; whose work disgusts Hollingsworth?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Fourier.
(c) Newton.
(d) Einstein.

3. Who does Zenobia throw a piece of gauze over at the end of her tale?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Coverdale.
(d) Priscilla.

4. How does Mr. Coverdale think the firelight from the hearth makes the men and women of Blithedale appear?
(a) The men youthful and the women beautiful.
(b) The men weak and the women strong.
(c) The men handsome and the women meek.
(d) The men strong and the women weak.

5. In Section 9, Chapter 18, what torments Coverdale at night in his hotel room?
(a) Dreams of his Blithedale friends.
(b) The other hotel tenants.
(c) The loud noises from the street.
(d) The rats scurrying on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who arises in the midst of a group of visionary people?

2. What does Coverdale think Hollingsworth is being reckless about?

3. What does Priscilla ask that Zenobia do for her?

4. Out of the three people staying at the boardinghouse, which one notices Coverdale watching them from his hotel window?

5. What type of flower does Zenobia wear in her hair?

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