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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. After the scene at the pulpit, Coverdale mentions to Hollingsworth that their toils will seem romantic to whom?
(a) Elderly people in the present.
(b) Young people in the future.
(c) Young people in the present.
(d) Elderly people in the future.

2. How does Coverdale react when Hollingsworth wants to know if he will cooperate in his great scheme?
(a) Coverdale yells at Hollingsworth.
(b) Coverdale agrees with Hollingsworth's plan.
(c) Coverdale does not know what to say to Hollingsworth.
(d) Coverdale chides Hollingsworth.

3. After Priscilla is summoned, why does Coverdale realize there is no peril of her communicating to him any of Zenobia's designs?
(a) He realizes that she is not really close to Zenobia.
(b) He realizes she is clueless.
(c) He realizes that she does not care.
(d) He realizes she does not influence any events.

4. What does Moodie reveal to Coverdale that his name was twenty-five years earlier?
(a) Fauntleroy.
(b) Fuddleray.
(c) Fowers.
(d) Farras.

5. In Section 8, Chapter 15, Hollingsworth, having no faith in Coverdale's dream, mentions his own scheme for what?
(a) Reformation of criminals.
(b) Finding teachers for a school.
(c) Raising funds for a temple.
(d) Building of a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Coverdale comes upon the three people at the pulpit in Section 13, Chapter 25, who tells him that she is on trial for her life and suggests that he act as judge?

2. After Priscilla is summoned to see Coverdale, he asks her when she will return to Blithedale; how does she respond?

3. Where did Hollingsworth wound Zenobia in Section 14, Chapter 27?

4. What are Hollingsworth and Coverdale repairing at Blithedale while discussing the community's plans for the future?

5. Moodie reveals that Priscilla and Zenobia are both his daughters; who raised Zenobia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Coverdale dream about in Section 9, Chapter 18 that torments him?

2. How was Moodie's life different twenty-five years ago?

3. What is ironic about Coverdale encountering Hollingsworth at a village hall during an interview with the Veiled Lady?

4. What is ironic about Hollingsworth accidentally wounding Zenobia's corpse?

5. How does Coverdale feel as he leaves Blithedale in Section 8, Chapter 16?

6. What vision of Coverdale's does Hollingsworth mock?

7. What questions does Zenobia ask Hollingsworth at Eliot's Pulpit in Section 13, Chapter 25?

8. How does Zenobia treat Coverdale when he visits her at the boarding-house?

9. How does Zenobia demonstrate her love and loyalty for Hollingsworth?

10. Why did Moodie change his name twenty-five years ago?

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