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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?
(a) Frightened and shaking.
(b) Old and weak.
(c) Excited and energized.
(d) Angry and resentful.

2. Who built the House of Seven Gables?
(a) Ned Higgins.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Matthew Maule’s son.
(d) Hawthorne's grandfather.

3. What does Clifford regularly ask about?
(a) How the shop is doing.
(b) Why Hepzibah disliks the Judge.
(c) What has happened while he was away.
(d) Which flowers are in bloom.

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

5. What do Clifford and Hepzibah do after Clifford reappears following his meeting with the Judge?
(a) Have tea in the garden.
(b) Go to join the Judge.
(c) Sign the house over to Holgrave.
(d) Hurry out of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do two local men find on the doorstep when Clifford and Hepzibah are out of town?

2. How old is Holgrave?

3. How did Matthew Maule die?

4. What does Clifford debate with an old man over in the train?

5. Why does Clifford disapprove of the electric telegraph?

(see the answer key)

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