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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. Why does Clifford want to hold the roses?
(a) So he can feel the thorns.
(b) So he can offer them to Phoebe.
(c) So he can smell the blossom.
(d) So he can confirm their reality.

2. What does Phoebe do that cheers Clifford the most?
(a) Reads poetry.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Listens to his stories.
(d) Talks.

3. What does Clifford disapprove of after visiting the arched windows?
(a) The time Phoebe spends with Holgrave.
(b) The hypocrisy of the Judge.
(c) The way the world has changed.
(d) The unhappiness of the common people.

4. What is the Judge doing when Hepzibah finds him after his meeting with Clifford?
(a) Sitting motionless in a chair.
(b) Searching through Clifford’s papers.
(c) Digging a hole in the garden.
(d) Cooking a meal in the kitchen.

5. What does Holgrave reveal about himself to Phoebe?
(a) That he had the powers of hypnotism.
(b) That he is Hepzibah’s long-lost son.
(c) That he is going on a trip to Europe.
(d) That he knows where the deed is hidden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?

3. What does Phoebe tell Holgrave after he reads her his story?

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

5. Who is Gervais Pyncheon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Holgrave experiment with?

2. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

3. What happens to cause Phoebe to have more leisure time, and how does she spend it?

4. What happens during the political rally?

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

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

7. How is Phoebe changing, and why?

8. What was the impact of Maule's hypnotism on Alice?

9. Describe Matthew Maule's demeanor when he came to the house.

10. How does Phoebe contribute?

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