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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?
(a) Leave the shop.
(b) Misjudge him.
(c) Call Hepzibah.
(d) Insist he stay for lunch.
2. Holgrave tells Phoebe which story?
(a) The story of his life before he became a daguerreotypist.
(b) The story of Matthew Maule and Colonel Pyncheon.
(c) The story of Clifford’s conviction for murder.
(d) The story of the Judge’s rise to prominence.
3. Who arrives for a surprise visit at the House at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Hepzibah’s son.
(c) Cousin Phoebe.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.
4. What did Colonel Pyncheon do during Maule’s execution?
(a) He left town on a train.
(b) He stood up close so he could look into Maule’s eyes.
(c) He drew up the plans for the House of Seven Gables.
(d) He watched from horseback in the distance.
5. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?
(a) There is a fire in the House.
(b) They suffer an unexpected financial loss.
(c) A sensible, level-headed one is born.
(d) The patriarch dies of a mysterious death.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Phoebe’s presence influence Clifford?
2. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?
3. What happens to Phoebe while Holgrave is reading his story?
4. What does Phoebe find in the garden?
5. Where do the chickens spend much of their time?
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