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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. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?
(a) Convince her to leave.
(b) Avoid her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Carry her shopping bags.

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

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

4. How does Hepzibah react to the Judge being at the House?
(a) She pleads with him for money.
(b) She welcomes him with open arms.
(c) She warns him not to trust Phoebe.
(d) She barrs him from entering the house.

5. What does Holgrave try to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Talk Hepzibah into closing the shop.
(b) Buy the house from Hepzibah.
(c) Cheer Hepzibah up.
(d) Steal a valuable painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes the Pyncheons in the years after losing their fortune?

2. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?

3. Who is Uncle Venner?

4. What is unusual about the harpsichord at the House?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the Colonel's death, what happened to the Pyncheon family?

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

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

5. Describe the events surrounding the murder that was committed 30 years before the start of the story.

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

7. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

8. Explain who Clifford is and describe his homecoming.

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

10. What tragedies soon afflicted the Pyncheon family?

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