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The House of the Seven Gables
Chapters 17â18 Quick Quiz
The House of the Seven Gables
by:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Preface
Chapters 1–2
Chapters 3–4
Chapters 5–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–10
Chapters 11–12
Chapters 13–14
Chapters 15–16
Chapters 17–18
Chapters 19–21
Characters
Character List
Hepzibah Pyncheon
Clifford Pyncheon
Judge Pyncheon
Holgrave
Phoebe Pyncheon
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
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Context
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Preface
Chapters 1–2
Chapters 3–4
Chapters 5–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–10
Chapters 11–12
Chapters 13–14
Chapters 15–16
Chapters 17–18
Chapters 19–21
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Chapters 17â18 Quiz
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Chapters 17â18 Quiz
1
of 5
What do Hepzibah and Clifford do after Judge Pyncheon’s death, out of fear they will be implicated in a crime?
Flee
Hide the body
Frame the death as suicide
Contact a lawyer
2
of 5
What does Clifford contrast positively with houses, in the discussion he has with the stranger on the train?
Cottages
Beaver dams
The railroad
Horse-drawn carriages
3
of 5
What is Clifford’s behavior like on the train?
Anxious and fidgety
Animated and youthful
Tired and bewildered
Mad and bloodthirsty
4
of 5
What dead character does the narrator both discuss and address directly in Chapter 18?
Judge Pyncheon
Alice Pyncheon
Colonel Pyncheon
The elder Matthew Maule
5
of 5
What does the narrator exhort the dead body of the Judge to do, listing all of the scheduled plans he is missing?
Cancel his plans
Wake up
Meet his own judgement
Atone for his sins
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CHARACTERS
Character List
CHARACTERS
Hepzibah Pyncheon: Character Analysis
MAIN IDEAS
Important Quotations Explained
MAIN IDEAS
Themes
FURTHER STUDY
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