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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Coverdale anxious to speak with Hollingsworth in Section 14, Chapter 27?
(a) He's worried about Moodie.
(b) He's worried about Priscilla.
(c) He's worried about Westervelt.
(d) He's worried about Zenobia.

2. Coverdale becomes irritated with the person who he visits in the boardinghouse; what does this person rage to him about?
(a) His claim that Hollingsworth is ridiculious.
(b) His claim that Priscilla is crazy.
(c) His claim that Westervelt is evil.
(d) His cliam that Hollingsworth is a nice guy.

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

4. What does Zenobia tell Priscilla that she stood in the way of?
(a) Her friendhips.
(b) Her desires.
(c) Her career.
(d) Her traveling.

5. Twenty-five years earlier, why did Moodie flee to the New England metropolis?
(a) His wife kicked him out.
(b) He committed a crime.
(c) He owed his drug dealer money.
(d) He had loan sharks after him from his gambling.

6. Coverdale almost gives up in finding Moodie until he sees him behind a screen; what does he invite him to?
(a) Lunch and beer.
(b) Lunch and wine.
(c) Dinner and wine.
(d) Breakfast and coffee.

7. In Section 9, Chapter 17, Coverdale obtains a room in a respectable hotel in town; what makes him feel stifled at first?
(a) The silence in his empty room.
(b) The loud music coming from across the street.
(c) The memories from Blithedale.
(d) The muddy tide of human activity.

8. Zenobia agrees with Priscilla that they are sisters, and although she learned of their relationship recently, she never wished what upon Priscilla?
(a) Anger.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Harm.

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

10. Moodie admits that out of his two daughters, he loves Priscilla the best, only that love comes from what?
(a) Shame.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Duty.
(d) Pride.

11. As Moodie and Coverdale talk, Moodie reveals his youth; what does Coverdale ask him to share?
(a) His past.
(b) His present situation.
(c) His knowledge of Zenobia.
(d) His knowledge of Priscilla.

12. While watching the boardinghouse from his hotel window, Coverdale beholds Zenobia and Priscilla; who else does he see with them?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Moodie.
(d) Westervelt.

13. Zenobia asks Hollingsworth if he loves Priscilla and he admits that he does; what does Zenobia say and do in return?
(a) Zenobia begins to cry and runs away.
(b) Zenobia begs for him to reconsider loving her and clings to him.
(c) Zenobia appeals to God to judge which of them has most morally offended him and bids Hollingsworth farewell.
(d) Zenobia begins hitting him and yelling at him for not loving her.

14. Not long after midnight in Section 14, Chapter 27, Coverdale passes beneath Hollingsworth's open window; what does he fling into his room?
(a) A flower.
(b) A note.
(c) A tuft of grass.
(d) A sprig of holly.

15. After his meeting with Priscilla, Coverdale says he washes his hands of it all, stating that the consequences lay on whose head?
(a) Moodie.
(b) Hollingsworth.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Westervelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Coverdale believe that Hollingsworth must be appropriating Zenobia's funds so lavishly?

2. Why does Coverdale realize it's absurd to torment himself with conjectures in Section 10, Chapter 19?

3. Before Coverdale leaves Blithedale for a few weeks, what does he ask Priscilla?

4. After Coverdale is looked upon scornfully by one of the three people staying at the boardinghouse, who disappears from the window of the boudoir?

5. Who agrees to help Hollingsworth and Coverdale search for Zenobia?

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