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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who arises in the midst of a group of visionary people?
(a) The Veiled Lady.
(b) A golden necklace.
(c) A white horse.
(d) A lovely maiden.

2. Zenobia offers to invent a wild legend one day; how does everyone at Blithedale respond?
(a) Eagerly.
(b) Scared.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Complacently.

3. What lady does Mr. Coverdale plan on meeting the day after he is accosted in Section 1, Chapter 1?
(a) The Veiled Lady.
(b) Priscilla.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. What does Coverdale complain about his first day at Blithedale?
(a) The bad food.
(b) The lack of comfort.
(c) His lack of sleep.
(d) The thinly partitioned walls.

5. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, a particular lady encounters a magician one morning while wandering in the woods; what does he warn her of?
(a) Peril from the maiden who has attached herself to her.
(b) Peril form the Veiled Lady.
(c) Peril from a golden necklace.
(d) Peril from the white horse.

6. What does Mr. Coverdale claim that the parlor in the old farmhouse in Blithedale is comparable to?
(a) Hell.
(b) The beach.
(c) The Artic.
(d) Paradise.

7. After the first group dinner at Blithedale, what does Mr. Foster do while everyone adjourns to the sitting room?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Takes out the garbage.
(c) Cobbles an old pair of boots by the kitchen fire.
(d) Sits on the porch and smokes his pipe.

8. In Section 3, Chapter 5, how does Mr. Foster say he will wake everyone at Blithedale at daybreak?
(a) He will ring the bells.
(b) He will fire his shotgun three times.
(c) He will come around to everyone's door and knock.
(d) He will sound the horn.

9. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what spell does the magician tell the lady about, after warning her of peril?
(a) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the white horse.
(b) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the maiden.
(c) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the golden necklace.
(d) To throw a veil over the maiden's head, which is a binding spell, and summon him who will seize the Veiled Lady.

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

11. Priscilla questions Hollingsworth about Zenobia's view of the injustice the world does to women; how does he respond?
(a) He thinks she is stupid and women are worthless.
(b) He claims that a woman's place is at a man's side.
(c) He heartly agrees with her.
(d) He laughs out loud.

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

13. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, what happens just as the young man is about to kiss the Lady?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She stabs him.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She disappears.

14. 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?
(a) He will never be able to forget her.
(b) He will condem himelf to death.
(c) He will help to free her from the spell.
(d) He will be pledged to her, and from that instant she is doomed to be his evil fate.

15. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she needs, a role which Zenobia intends to fulfill?
(a) A sister.
(b) A friend.
(c) A mother.
(d) A duenna.

Short Answer Questions

1. The neighbors of Blithedale gossip that Zenobia and Hollingsworth are lovers; where do they say they plan to erect their home?

2. Who accosts Mr. Coverdale on his way back to his apartment in Section 1, Chapter 1?

3. What makes Mr. Coverdale think that Priscilla overheard his conversation with Zenobia in Section 3, Chapter 5?

4. What does Mr. Coverdale compare Zenobia to in Section 2, Chapter 3?

5. In Section 6, Chapter 12, when Zenobia is asked why she does not fling Priscilla off, how does she reply?

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