The Blithedale Romance Quizzes

The Blithedale Romance Quiz 1

1 What year was the novel written?
1891

1870

1851

1741
2 Whose experiences at Brook Farm did Hawthorne draw from?
His own

Thoreau's

Emerson's

Fourier's
3 What is notable about this book in Hawthorne's oeuvre?
It is twice as long as any other novel

It is the only novel, as opposed to short stories

It was told in diary form

It has a first-person narrative
4 What does Moodie ask Coverdale about?
Farming

Zenobia

Hollingsworth

Priscilla
5 What is Coverdale's occupation?
Artist

Lawyer

Farmer

Poet
6 What season does Coverdale head to Blithedale?
Fall

Summer

Winter

Spring
7 Coverdale compares Zenobia to a
goddess

princess

spirit

queen
8 What does Zenobia always wear?
A flower

A bracelet

A ring

A scarf
9 Zenobia can best be described as
cold

shy

ambivalent

vibrant
10 How is society's relation to Blithedale?
Welcoming

Confused

Warm

Hostile
11 Hollingsworth's philanthropic cause is
paupers and debtors

religion

insane asylum reform

criminal reform
12 On the first night, Coverdale waxes poetic about
the snow

his bed

the people

the fire
13 Hollingsworth is all of the following except
handsome

tall

slight

burly
14 Who does Priscilla immediately latch onto?
Coverdale

Zenobia

Silas Foster

Hollingsworth
15 What is Hollingsworth's profession?
Blacksmith

Doctor

Cobbler

Farmer
16 What does Priscilla make?
Scarves

Purses

Dresses

Mittens
17 The true name of the place is
Brook Farm

Blithedale

an Indian word

Sunny Glimpse
18 What happens to Coverdale on his first night?
He gets in a fight

He cries

He loses something

He gets sick
19 Who is the only person who prays to God?
Priscilla

Zenobia

Hollingsworth

Silas Foster
20 Hollingsworth says his most conspicuous trait is
kindness

righteousness

tenderness

inflexibility
21 Coverdale says what would have been Zenobia's proper sphere?
The forest

The pulpit

The house

The stage
22 Priscilla's background seems to be
in religion

perilous

in another state

wealthy
23 What does Priscilla knit Coverdale?
A scarf

A coat

A nightcap

Socks
24 Coverdale compares Priscilla to
Abigail Adams

Emma Goldman

Margaret Fuller

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

Voltaire

Fourier

Milton

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