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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 is Uncle Venner always talking about?
(a) Alice’s ghost.
(b) His long-lost nephew.
(c) Retiring to his farm.
(d) His ill health.

2. What does Holgrave offer to Phoebe?
(a) To read a portion of his book to her.
(b) To teach her his profession.
(c) To take her out to dinner.
(d) To write a book about her.

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

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

5. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?
(a) Holgrave tells her to leave and not come back.
(b) They have an argument.
(c) They makes plans for the future.
(d) She leaves instructions for caring for Hepzibah and Clifford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Gervais Pyncheon?

2. What does Holgrave predict that people will stop doing?

3. What threat does the Judge make?

4. What does Holgrave reveal about himself to Phoebe?

5. How does Maule defy tradition when he comes to the House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

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

3. How does Phoebe contribute?

4. What does Hepzibah find in the parlor?

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

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

7. What does Holgrave experiment with?

8. What did Maule do to Alice?

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

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

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