The Blithedale Romance Quizzes

The Blithedale Romance Quiz 1

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1 What year was the novel written?

1741

1851

1870

1891
2 Whose experiences at Brook Farm did Hawthorne draw from?

Thoreau's

Emerson's

His own

Fourier's
3 What is notable about this book in Hawthorne's oeuvre?

It has a first-person narrative

It is the only novel, as opposed to short stories

It is twice as long as any other novel

It was told in diary form
4 What does Moodie ask Coverdale about?

Zenobia

Farming

Hollingsworth

Priscilla
5 What is Coverdale's occupation?

Artist

Farmer

Lawyer

Poet
6 What season does Coverdale head to Blithedale?

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall
7 Coverdale compares Zenobia to a

goddess

princess

spirit

queen
8 What does Zenobia always wear?

A bracelet

A ring

A scarf

A flower
9 Zenobia can best be described as

shy

vibrant

cold

ambivalent
10 How is society's relation to Blithedale?

Welcoming

Warm

Hostile

Confused
11 Hollingsworth's philanthropic cause is

religion

paupers and debtors

criminal reform

insane asylum reform
12 On the first night, Coverdale waxes poetic about

the fire

his bed

the people

the snow
13 Hollingsworth is all of the following except

burly

handsome

tall

slight
14 Who does Priscilla immediately latch onto?

Hollingsworth

Silas Foster

Coverdale

Zenobia
15 What is Hollingsworth's profession?

Blacksmith

Cobbler

Farmer

Doctor
16 What does Priscilla make?

Mittens

Dresses

Scarves

Purses
17 The true name of the place is

Sunny Glimpse

an Indian word

Blithedale

Brook Farm
18 What happens to Coverdale on his first night?

He cries

He gets sick

He gets in a fight

He loses something
19 Who is the only person who prays to God?

Zenobia

Priscilla

Silas Foster

Hollingsworth
20 Hollingsworth says his most conspicuous trait is

inflexibility

righteousness

tenderness

kindness
21 Coverdale says what would have been Zenobia's proper sphere?

The house

The forest

The stage

The pulpit
22 Priscilla's background seems to be

perilous

in religion

in another state

wealthy
23 What does Priscilla knit Coverdale?

A coat

Socks

A nightcap

A scarf
24 Coverdale compares Priscilla to

Emma Goldman

Abigail Adams

Margaret Fuller

Susan B. Anthony
25 Whose work does Coverdale read extensively?

Fourier

Voltaire

Milton

Thoreau

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