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?
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?
Priscilla

Hollingsworth

Zenobia

Farming
5 What is Coverdale's occupation?
Poet

Lawyer

Farmer

Artist
6 What season does Coverdale head to Blithedale?
Summer

Spring

Fall

Winter
7 Coverdale compares Zenobia to a
princess

spirit

queen

goddess
8 What does Zenobia always wear?
A scarf

A flower

A bracelet

A ring
9 Zenobia can best be described as
cold

shy

ambivalent

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

Warm

Welcoming

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 people

his bed

the snow

the fire
13 Hollingsworth is all of the following except
burly

tall

handsome

slight
14 Who does Priscilla immediately latch onto?
Coverdale

Silas Foster

Zenobia

Hollingsworth
15 What is Hollingsworth's profession?
Farmer

Doctor

Cobbler

Blacksmith
16 What does Priscilla make?
Purses

Mittens

Scarves

Dresses
17 The true name of the place is
Sunny Glimpse

Blithedale

Brook Farm

an Indian word
18 What happens to Coverdale on his first night?
He loses something

He gets sick

He cries

He gets in a fight
19 Who is the only person who prays to God?
Zenobia

Hollingsworth

Priscilla

Silas Foster
20 Hollingsworth says his most conspicuous trait is
kindness

inflexibility

tenderness

righteousness
21 Coverdale says what would have been Zenobia's proper sphere?
The house

The pulpit

The stage

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

in another state

wealthy

perilous
23 What does Priscilla knit Coverdale?
A scarf

A nightcap

A coat

Socks
24 Coverdale compares Priscilla to
Abigail Adams

Susan B. Anthony

Emma Goldman

Margaret Fuller
25 Whose work does Coverdale read extensively?
Fourier

Voltaire

Thoreau

Milton

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