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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Phoebe discover Hepzibah doing one morning?
2. What does the Judge attempt to do when he first meets Phoebe?
3. What does Ned Higgins want to buy?
4. How does Hepzibah feel after her first day running the shop?
5. What seems to occur with every generation of Pyncheons?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe the House of Seven Gables?
2. What does the Judge try to do?
3. Describe some of the "eerie" qualities of the House.
4. Describe the events surrounding the murder that was committed 30 years before the start of the story.
5. Who is Phoebe and how does Hepzibah react to her arrival?
6. After the Colonel's death, what happened to the Pyncheon family?
7. Describe Phoebe's first encounter with the Judge.
8. What do Hepzibah's feelings towards the Judge seem to be?
9. What did Maule do right before he died?
10. Who built the House of the Seven Gables? Why is this ironic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Holgrave’s daguerreotypes play important roles at specific points in the narrative. Write an essay that explores the significance of the old photographs, how Hawthorne uses them and how they help develop the themes in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explores character changes throughout the novel. Which characters undergo important changes and are these changes a function of direct or indirect characterization? Why are these character shifts important? How do they help develop themes or motifs in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing how the novel develops the motif of stability vs. transience, or tradition vs. modernity. Which characters symbolize which side of this opposition? How does this motif help develop the themes in the novel? What is Hawthorne trying to convey with this motif?
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