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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 becomes of the cousin of the convicted murderer?
(a) He becomes an architect.
(b) He becomes a preacher.
(c) He becomes a judge.
(d) He becomes a detective.

2. What does the Judge want to do when he arrives at the House and is speaking with Phoebe for the first time?
(a) Take the portrait.
(b) Hire Holgrave.
(c) Move into the house.
(d) Talk to Clifford.

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

4. Why were the Maules considered outcasts?
(a) They lived outside of town.
(b) They were habitual criminals.
(c) They spent too much time with the natives.
(d) They were rumored to practice witchcraft.

5. What does Phoebe find in the garden?
(a) A packet of old documents.
(b) The bones of an animal.
(c) A broken down carriage.
(d) A family of chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is just outside the House?

2. What is Holgrave’s occupation?

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

4. Who does the Judge first mistake Phoebe for?

5. What does Phoebe’s window look down on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Holgrave and Uncle Venner.

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

3. What were the Maules like as a family?

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

5. What does the Judge try to do?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe how Phoebe comes to stay at the House.

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