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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 happened the day the Pyncheons moved into the House?
(a) Clifford Pyncheon was arrested.
(b) Jaffrey Pyncheon sued for possession of the house.
(c) Colonel Pyncheon died.
(d) Alice Pyncheon ran away.

2. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?
(a) The history of Judge Pyncheon.
(b) The story of Alice Pyncheon.
(c) The history of the town.
(d) The story of the Pyncheons and the Maules.

3. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?
(a) They rebuilt their fortune with grit and determination.
(b) They moved to Maine and started new lives.
(c) They descended into corruption and avarice.
(d) They became very religious and charitable.

4. Which of the following best describes Phoebe?
(a) Rustic and pretty.
(b) Fashionable and arrogant.
(c) Mannered and aristocratic.
(d) Disciplined and religious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

2. What does Clifford eventually do his first evening at the House?

3. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?

4. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?

5. Who is Uncle Venner?

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