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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 Clifford do when he sees the political rally?
(a) He turns away in disgust.
(b) He tries to jump from the window.
(c) He shouts insults at the candidates.
(d) He decides to run for office.

2. What did Maule’s father do?
(a) He cursed the Pyncheon family.
(b) He sued the Pyncheon’s for return of their land.
(c) He built the house.
(d) He managed the Pyncheon’s finances.

3. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?
(a) The garden.
(b) The shop.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The summer house.

4. What is on Gervais’ desk during the meeting with Maule?
(a) A picture of his dead wife.
(b) The original plans for the house.
(c) An old surveyor’s map.
(d) A family history of the Maules.

5. Who is Gervais Pyncheon?
(a) A distant relation of the original Pyncheons.
(b) An outcast from the Pyncheon family.
(c) A previous master of the house.
(d) Clifford’s great uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Judge believe Clifford can help him with?

2. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?

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

4. In what way does Maule hope that Alice can help him?

5. Which statement best describes the initial relationship between Hepzibah and Clifford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Holgrave's attitudes towards society and tradition.

3. What are some of the things Clifford watches from the arched window, and how does he react to what he sees?

4. Describe what life is like for the four residents of the House.

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

6. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

7. How was young Matthew Maule already connected to the story of the House?

8. What does Holgrave experiment with?

9. How has Clifford's behavior changed when he comes back?

10. What childish impulse does Clifford give in to and who witnesses it?

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