The House of the Seven Gables Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The House of the Seven Gables Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?

2. What does Clifford say when he and Hepzibah try to go to church?

3. What does Maule tell Gervais?

4. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?

5. How does Clifford react every time he hears the train engines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author build suspense as Hepzibah waits while the Judge meets with Clifford?

2. What did Phoebe do and what was the impact on the mood of the House?

3. How did Gervais believe that Maule could help him?

4. How was young Matthew Maule already connected to the story of the House?

5. Describe Holgrave's attitudes towards society and tradition.

6. How has Clifford's behavior changed when he comes back?

7. What does Hepzibah find in the parlor?

8. What happened to Phoebe while Holgrave had been reading, and how did Holgrave account for it?

9. How do Clifford and Hepzibah get along once Clifford is home?

10. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel presents many examples of persons or things that are not what they initially seem. Write an essay that explores how the novel develops the theme of appearance vs. reality.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explains how Hawthorne uses his description of the House itself to develop the theme of the past influencing the present.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explores the symbolic significance of specific objects in the novel. Include discussion of the portrait, the well and garden, the posies, the harpsichord, and the daguerreotypes. What do they symbolize and how do they support the novel’s themes?

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