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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zenobia do with the flower in her hair after she announces dinner is ready?
(a) She replaces it with a fresh flower.
(b) She throws it in the garbage.
(c) She places it in the middle of the table.
(d) She flings it to the ground.

2. In Zenobia's story about the Veiled Lady, who sneaks into the Lady's private chamber with the intent of unveiling her?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Simon.
(c) Silas.
(d) Theodore.

3. How many men ride together to Blithedale during the storm in Section 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. After Priscilla and Mr. Hollingsworth arrive and are introduced, who tells the others to feed Priscilla?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Mr. Coverdale.
(d) Mr. Foster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose conversation does Coverdale eavesdrop on in Section 6, Chapter 12 that he decides never to disclose to another mortal?

2. What do Hollingsworth and Coverdale hoe together while the rest of the fraternity is situated in a distant corner of the farm?

3. What does Coverdale suggest to Hollingsworth that he should be, in Section 3, Chapter 6?

4. After claiming that she is not positively ill-natured, why does Zenobia decide to be kind to Priscilla?

5. In Section 3, Chapter 5, how does Mr. Foster say he will wake everyone at Blithedale at daybreak?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hollingsworth respond when Zenobia rages against the inequalities between men and women?

2. What does Coverdale learn about Priscilla from Hollingsworth?

3. What does Coverdale discern about Hollingsworth after studying him?

4. How does Hollingsworth and Coverdale's relationship begin to fall apart in Section 4, Chapter 8?

5. Who likes to spend their Sundays at a rock named Eliot's Pulpit?

6. What does the community surrounding Blithedale gossip about Hollingsworth and Zenobia?

7. What makes Coverdale think that Zenobia will not be Priscilla's friend for long?

8. Why does Coverdale decide to never reveal what he overheard Zenobia and Westervelt talking about in Section 6, Chapter 12?

9. What names does the group at Blithedale consider renaming the community?

10. What does the man who interrupts Coverdale's meditative walk in Section 6, Chapter 11 want?

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