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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 is young Maule related to old Matthew Maule?
(a) He is his son.
(b) He is his cousin.
(c) He is his nephew.
(d) He is his grandson.

2. What is Hepzibah waiting for at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Someone to make an offer to buy the House.
(b) The arrival of someone very important to her.
(c) A delivery that was three days late.
(d) The flowers in the garden to bloom.

3. How have Clifford’s views changed by the time he is on the train?
(a) He suddenly wants to donate the family fortune to charity.
(b) His views on modernity are more like Holgrave’s.
(c) He is suddenly filled with pity for the Judge.
(d) He has decided he would rather live in France.

4. What does the narrator tell the Judge to do?
(a) To sleep and forget.
(b) To stay right where he is.
(c) To get up and return to action.
(d) To forgive his cousin.

5. How does Clifford react to the portrait of the Colonel?
(a) He cannot look at it.
(b) He thinks he has seen the man before.
(c) He remembers that he had painted it.
(d) He admires its artistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does the Judge make?

2. Which of the following best describes the Maules?

3. What kind of clothes is Clifford wearing when readers first meet him?

4. How old is Holgrave?

5. What conclusion do the neighbors come to when Clifford and Hepzibah are out of town?

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