SparkNotes: The House of the Seven Gables: Quiz

1. Where does Judge Pyncheon live?

(A) At Uncle Venner’s farm

(B) At the house of the seven gables

(C) In prison

(D) At a country house just outside of town

2. Which character is the oldest?

(A) Uncle Venner

(B) Clifford

(C) Hepzibah

(D) Judge Pyncheon

3. What does Colonel Pyncheon die from?

(A) A heart attack

(B) Apoplexy

(C) A duel

(D) Poison

4. What is the curse that Maule addresses to Colonel Pyncheon from the scaffold?

(A) “May a hundred years of solitude befall you and your family!”

(B) “A plague on both your houses!”

(C) “God will give him blood to drink!”

(D) “May you never sleep in peace!”

5. How is Hepzibah related to Clifford?

(A) She is his sister

(B) She is his mother

(C) She is his daughter

(D) She is his cousin

6. Who inadvertently caused Uncle Jaffrey’s death?

(A) Clifford

(B) Holgrave

(C) Hepzibah

(D) Judge Pyncheon

7. What is Holgrave’s profession?

(A) He is a professional revolutionary

(B) He is a clerk

(C) He is a daguerreotypist

(D) He is a gravedigger

8. At the beginning of the novel, Clifford has just spent thirty years in

(A) Maine

(B) Prison

(C) The house of the seven gables

(D) Phoebe’s country home

9. Who is Holgrave’s ancestor?

(A) Colonel Pyncheon

(B) Uncle Venner

(C) Gervayse Pyncheon

(D) Matthew Maule

10. Matthew Maule is hanged for what crime?

(A) Perjury

(B) Adultery

(C) Theft

(D) Witchcraft

11. To what office does Judge Pyncheon hope to be elected?

(A) Congressman from Maine

(B) Governor of Massachusetts

(C) Mayor

(D) The Supreme Court

12. Where is the deed to the Maine land hidden?

(A) At Judge Pyncheon’s house

(B) Behind the portrait of Colonel Pyncheon

(C) In Hepzibah’s bureau

(D) In Matthew Maule’s grave

13. How old is Holgrave?

(A) 34

(B) 22

(C) 15

(D) 46

14. What is Judge Pyncheon’s first name?

(A) Jaffrey

(B) Clifford

(C) Matthew

(D) Stephen

15. What kind of bird does the Pyncheon family breed?

(A) Hawk

(B) Pheasant

(C) Sparrow

(D) Chicken

16. Why does Phoebe initially worry about Holgrave’s declaration of love?

(A) She thinks he is too wild for her

(B) She does not love him

(C) They are distant cousins

(D) Her mother disapproves of the marriage

17. What does Holgrave do when he finds the Judge’s body?

(A) He hides it

(B) He cleans up

(C) He calls the police

(D) He makes a daguerreotype of it

18. Why does Phoebe briefly depart from the house of the seven gables?

(A) She is scared of the Judge

(B) To visit her country home

(C) To get married

(D) To visit a friend

19. Who hypnotizes Phoebe?

(A) The young Matthew Maule

(B) Holgrave

(C) Judge Pyncheon

(D) Gervayse Pyncheon

20. Who is Hepzibah’s first customer?

(A) Ned Higgins

(B) The two workmen

(C) Holgrave

(D) Phoebe

21. What is the Judge’s most noteworthy feature?

(A) His clothes

(B) His cane

(C) His nose

(D) His smile

22. Where is Hepzibah’s shop?

(A) In one of the house’s seven gables

(B) In the marketplace

(C) In the country

(D) Outside the prison

23. What animal, according to the novel, symbolizes New England greed?

(A) The chickens

(B) A cat

(C) A monkey

(D) A goat

24. What does the Judge threaten to do with Clifford?

(A) Kill him

(B) Have him sent to the asylum

(C) Cast a spell on him

(D) Have him hanged for witchcraft

25. What happens to the Judge’s son?

(A) He is taken in by Clifford and Hepzibah

(B) He is killed by bandits

(C) He takes over the judgeship from his father

(D) He dies of cholera