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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Uncle Venner?
(a) The Pyncheon’s lawyer.
(b) Hepzibah’s uncle.
(c) A kindly neighbor.
(d) Holgrave’s employer.

2. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?
(a) Colonel Pyncheon died while playing it.
(b) It originally belonged to a famous composer.
(c) It is said to occasionally play itself.
(d) It is the first one ever built.

3. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Matthew Maule.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Clifford Pyncheon.

4. What initial impression does Phoebe have of the Judge?
(a) He does not carry himself like a judge.
(b) He looks exactly like Clifford.
(c) He is a good and decent man.
(d) He has a dark and hidden nature.

5. What was the symptom of this mysterious death that occurs when the Pyncheons move into the House?
(a) Shriveling skin.
(b) Eyes turning white.
(c) Hair falling out.
(d) Drooling blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Pyncheons lose that cost them a vast fortune?

2. Whom does Phoebe meet in the garden?

3. What is just outside the House?

4. How does Clifford react to Hepzibah’s welcome?

5. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?

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