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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hepzibah tell Phoebe about Holgrave?
(a) He once tried to set the house on fire.
(b) He is law-abiding and respectful.
(c) He associates with strange companions.
(d) He is shy and unobtrusive.

2. What street is the House of Seven Gables on?
(a) Pyncheon Street.
(b) Maule Avenue.
(c) Hawthorne Boulevard.
(d) Salem Street.

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

4. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?
(a) A shop assistant.
(b) Alice’s ghost.
(c) Hepzibah’s daughter.
(d) A customer.

5. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.
(b) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.
(c) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.
(d) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?

2. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?

3. What did Holgrave show Phoebe?

4. What does Phoebe hear coming from the empty parts of the House?

5. Who is later convicted of murdering the owner of the House?

(see the answer key)

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