"The House of Seven Gables" Chapter 8-14 Midterm 2

Who does Judge Pyncheon specifically request to see when he visits the house of seven gables?

• Phoebe

• Uncle Venner

• Clifford

• Holgrave

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What does Hepzibah successfully prevent Judge Pyncheon from doing?

• entering the house

• buying a gingerbread

• seeing Clifford

• worker of her flower shop

Who or what became the main source of happiness for Hepzibah and Clifford?

• Holgrave

• their beautiful house

• running a store

• Phoebe

Who does Clifford enjoy talking to on the Sundays lunches Hepzibah organizes?

• Hepzibah

• Uncle Venner

• Matthew Maule

• The Reverend

What greedy animal does the narrator identifies as an amusing caricature of many New Englanders' souls?

• farmer's mule

• hunter's fox

• organ grinder's monkey

• snake charmer's snake

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What does Holgrave tell Phoebe that each generation should do with the institutions of the past?

• tear them down

• preserve them

• build upon them

• modify them

What is the subject of the story that Holgrave has written for a magazine?

• dagurerreotypes

• Maule curse

• Colonel Pyncheon's portrait

• outdated institutions

How does the young Matthew Maule go about contacting the spirits of Colonel Pyncheon and his father?

• use a crystal ball

• use Colonel Pyncheon's portrait

• hypnotizing Alice Pyncheon

• self-inducing a trance

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In what state does Holgrave's story leave behind for Phoebe?

• mesmerized

• violently ill

• euphoric

• sorrow

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What's about Judge Pyncheon causes Phoebe to connect him from Matthew Maule's curse?

• gurgle in his throat

• glint in his eye

• smile

• muscles

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