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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Uncle Venner and Holgrave work on together?
(a) Reshingling the roof.
(b) Renovating the summer house.
(c) Repairing the well.
(d) Laying down a new walkway.

3. What does Holgrave suggest Phoebe do the first time he meets her?
(a) Have her portrait taken.
(b) Take over tending the garden.
(c) Research the history of the house.
(d) Leave the house immediately.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holgrave suggest about the Judge?

2. Who originally owned the land the House stands on?

3. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?

4. At the story’s opening, how many members of the Pyncheon family are left living?

5. What becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?

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