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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 development gives Phoebe more free time?
(a) The death of Uncle Venner.
(b) Clifford’s emotional recovery.
(c) Holgrave’s increased help.
(d) The closure of the shop.

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

3. Holgrave tells Phoebe which story?
(a) The story of Clifford’s conviction for murder.
(b) The story of his life before he became a daguerreotypist.
(c) The story of the Judge’s rise to prominence.
(d) The story of Matthew Maule and Colonel Pyncheon.

4. What does Clifford say he wanted back?
(a) His fortune.
(b) His youth.
(c) His happines.
(d) His mind.

5. How does the atmosphere of the House influence Phoebe?
(a) It makes her sadder by the day.
(b) It triggers her desire to escape.
(c) It amplifies her generally depressive nature.
(d) It darkens her usually sunny disposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Uncle Venner and Holgrave work on together?

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

3. Where do the residents of the House begin to spend more time after Phoebe settles in?

4. What statement best describes Hepzibah’s appearance?

5. With her new free time, Phoebe is spending more time with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

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

3. What does Holgrave experiment with?

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

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

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

7. Maule agreed to help Gervais under two conditions. What were they?

8. How do Clifford and Hepzibah get along once Clifford is home?

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

10. What does Holgrave offer to read to Phoebe?

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