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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. Before helping Gervais, what does Maule insist on?
2. What does Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?
3. What is Holgrave writing?
4. What does Holgrave consider oppressive?
5. Where does Phoebe start taking Clifford?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author build suspense as Hepzibah waits while the Judge meets with Clifford?
2. How has Clifford's behavior changed when he comes back?
3. What did Phoebe do and what was the impact on the mood of the House?
4. Describe Matthew Maule's demeanor when he came to the house.
5. How was young Matthew Maule already connected to the story of the House?
6. How is Phoebe changing, and why?
7. Why was the Judge finally successful at getting a meeting with Clifford?
8. In Holgrave's narrative, what was Gervais Pyncheon trying the find?
9. What was the impact of Maule's hypnotism on Alice?
10. What did Maule do to Alice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that explores how Hawthorne develops Hepzibah and Phoebe as central characters in the novel. How do they differ? How are they similar? How do the two characters taken together help deepen the themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Hawthorne wrote The House of Seven Gables about a real house in Salem, Massachusetts--a town with a notorious history and strong ties to Hawthorne’s own past. Write an essay that explains why Salem’s history has a personal significance for Hawthorne, and why he chose to set his novel there.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing The House of the Seven Gables through the lens of American Romanticism. How does the novel express the values and attitudes of the Romantic era? How is the novel a counterpoint to the Transcendentalist movement of the time?
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