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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 Gervais believe the Colonel had in his possession when he died?

2. Why does the Judge come to the house after Phoebe has left?

3. Which best describes Phoebe’s last conversation with Holgrave?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Judge want from Clifford?

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

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

6. What did Maule do to Alice?

7. How does Phoebe contribute?

8. How is Phoebe changing, and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the relationships among the characters in the house. Consider Hepzibah's, Phoebe's, Clifford's and Holgrave's relationships with one another, whether these relationships are implicit or explicit, and why these relationships are important.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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