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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Hepzibah refused to accept?
(a) Disrespect from Ned Higgins.
(b) Advice from Uncle Venner.
(c) Financial support from the Judge.
(d) A gift from Holgrave.

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

3. Who passes by the shop but does not enter at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Matthew Maule.
(d) Clifford Pyncheon.

4. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the parlor of the House?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon.
(b) Judge Pyncheon.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon.
(d) Alice Pyncheon.

5. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
(a) Much better.
(b) About the same.
(c) Much worse.
(d) A little bit better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maule do just before his death?

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

3. Why has Hepzibah opened the shop?

4. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

5. What happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?

(see the answer key)

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