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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. How does Hepzibah try to cheer Clifford up?
(a) Taking him on walks in the sunshine.
(b) Cooking his favorite meals
(c) Playing Alice’s harpsichord.
(d) Reading from his favorite books.

2. What does Hepzibah mourn the loss of?
(a) The years Clifford’s incarceration cost them.
(b) Her lost youth and beauty.
(c) Phoebe’s coming departure.
(d) The presence of their uncle.

3. How old is Holgrave?
(a) 18.
(b) 22.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

4. What does Holgrave value?
(a) The work ethic of the common man.
(b) The opinions and attitudes of high society.
(c) What is new and fleeting in the world.
(d) The stability and traditions of the past.

5. What does Hepzibah do while Clifford talks to the Judge?
(a) She writes a letter to Phoebe.
(b) She sits and watches the street.
(c) She talks with Holgrave.
(d) She sweeps the floor in the shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clifford act when he appears again after his meeting with the Judge?

2. What does Clifford begin doing after Phoebe leaves?

3. How is young Maule related to old Matthew Maule?

4. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?

5. What do Clifford and Hepzibah do after Clifford reappears following his meeting with the Judge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gervais believe that Maule could help him?

2. How does the author build suspense as Hepzibah waits while the Judge meets with Clifford?

3. What did Phoebe do and what was the impact on the mood of the House?

4. In Holgrave's narrative, what was Gervais Pyncheon trying the find?

5. How is Clifford's homecoming both bitter and sweet?

6. Why was the Judge finally successful at getting a meeting with Clifford?

7. What happened to Phoebe while Holgrave had been reading, and how did Holgrave account for it?

8. What happens during the political rally?

9. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

10. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?

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