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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Matthew Maule accused of?
(a) Witchcraft.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Adultery.

3. What might have prevented the Pyncheons from losing their fortune?
(a) If Alice had chosen to study abroad.
(b) If Clifford had been acquitted of murder.
(c) If the shop window had never been installed in the House.
(d) If Colonel Pyncheon had lived.

4. What is Clifford’s state of health?
(a) He has a contagious disease.
(b) He is old and frail.
(c) He is on death’s door.
(d) He is strong and vital.

5. What is on the roof of the House?
(a) A bed of posies.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A sun deck.
(d) A vegetable garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Hepzibah tell Phoebe?

2. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?

3. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?

4. What does the Judge repeatedly try to prevent Phoebe from doing?

5. What is the legend about the well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Maules like as a family?

2. What do Hepzibah's feelings towards the Judge seem to be?

3. Describe Phoebe's first encounter with the Judge.

4. Who is Hepzibah Pyncheon and why does she run a shop out of the house?

5. Who is Phoebe and how does Hepzibah react to her arrival?

6. What did Maule do right before he died?

7. Describe the Puritan-era legal battle over the land the house sits on.

8. How would you describe the House of Seven Gables?

9. Who built the House of the Seven Gables? Why is this ironic?

10. Describe some of the "eerie" qualities of the House.

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