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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the story of the land dispute known?
(a) By town records.
(b) By local newspapers.
(c) By word of mouth.
(d) By Pyncheon’s autobiography.

2. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?
(a) Matthew Maule.
(b) Colonel Pyncheon.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Holgrave.

3. What does Clifford say when he and Hepzibah try to go to church?
(a) “They won’t accept us.”
(b) “We are ghosts.”
(c) "I no longer believe.”
(d) “My prayers are worthless.”

4. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?
(a) The time Phoebe spends with Holgrave.
(b) The hypocrisy of the Judge.
(c) The unhappiness of the common people.
(d) The way the world has changed.

5. How does Hepzibah feel towards the Judge at the beginning of the book?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She pities him.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She relies on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Phoebe meet in the garden?

2. Whom does the Judge remind Phoebe of?

3. What does Clifford claim he saw in the well?

4. How did Matthew Maule die?

5. What is done to the portrait of the Colonel for Clifford's benefit?

(see the answer key)

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