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Quiz by Heena Champaneri, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Heena Champaneri
about 8 years ago
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Question 1
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The setting of the scarlet letter is
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Boston in the 1550's
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Salem in the 1700's
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Salem in the 1850's
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Boston in the 1640's
Question 2
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In the first chapter, the symbol of hope is
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the open prison door
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the rosebush
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the bright sunlight
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the procession of dignitaries
Question 3
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As Hester stands shamed on the scaffold, it is ironic that she
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does not look like the kind of woman any could love
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would remind a Roman Catholic of the Virgin Mary
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has no husband
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really is not guilty because she believes her husband is dead
Question 4
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Hawthorne describes the scarlet letter on Hester's bosom as
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a drab, faded piece of homespun fabric
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an indication of Hester's feelings of humility
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an impressive display of her needlework
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none of the above
Question 5
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Chillingworth tells Hester that he was wrong to marry her because
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she was young and he was old
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he was a solitary man given to scholarly pursuits
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he had married her against her will
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a and b are true
Question 6
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Regarding the father of Hester's child, Chilingsworth intends to
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make him stand before the church elders to face punishment
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make him pay for the upbringing of Pearl
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forgive him when he admits that he is the father
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make him suffer mental anguish
Question 7
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Upon Chilingworth's demand, Hester promises that
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she will let him be the physician for her and little Pearl
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she will keep his identity a secret
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he will take care of him in his old age
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she will never remove the scarlet letter
Question 8
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Hester names her daughter Pearl because
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the child has cost her everything she has
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she has a complexion as pure and white as a pearl
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she likes expensive jewelry
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all of the above
Question 9
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Chilingsworth might be called a leech because
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doctors were called leeches because they used leeches to bleed diseases out of their patients
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he is draining the life out of Dimmesdale
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his life takes its sustenance from another man's life
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all of the above
Question 10
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Chilingsworth first knows that Dimmesdale is Pearl's father when
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Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold at midnight
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Dimmesdale argues for Hester to keep the child
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He looks beneath Dimmesdale's vestment while the latter is sleeping
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He discovers that Dimmesdale intends to flee the colony
Question 11
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After seven years have gone by, the townspeople have come to view Hester differently and the scarlet has come to mean
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adultery
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angel
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able
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amiable
Question 12
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Pearl shows that she is intuitive because
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she knows what the A stands for
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she asks questions about the meaning of the scarlet letter and why the minister puts his hand over her heart
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she wants to hear stories about the Black Man
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she plays with animals and flowers
Question 13
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After the second scaffold scene, all of the following changes take places in Hester's life except
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she speculates about the condition of the whole race of womanhood
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the scarlet letter is now interpreted as Able
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she associate freely with Mistress Hibbins
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she is a curse to the sick
Question 14
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Hester's femininity and beauty return when
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she tells Dimmesdale that Chilingworth is her husband
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Pearl makes an A out of seaweed for herself
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Hester takes off the scarlet letter
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Dimmesdale kisses her in the forest
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she and Pearl stand in the sunlight together
Question 15
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For Hester and Dimmesdale, the reunion in the forest is
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a moment in which sunlight pours upon them in full sympathy
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a moment in which they experience joy and hope
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a chance for them to plan their future together
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all of the above
Question 16
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When Dimmesdale leaves the forest after meeting with Hester, all of the following are temptations for him except
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telling blasphemous thoughts about the communion supper to a deacon
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denying there is immorality to an old woman
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stealing candlesticks from the meeting house
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telling wicked words to Puritan children
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telling jokes and shaking hands with raucous sailors
Question 17
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These temptations haunt Dimmesdale because
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he has dared to believe he can escape his suffering and flee with Hester
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he has been untrue to himself and his beliefs
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he has decided to take no further responsibility for his pact act of sin
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he has renewed his love with Hester, a married woman
Question 18
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When Pearl sees Dimmesdale walking in the processional on Election Day, she asks her mother
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why the minister holds his hand over his heart
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if the minister is going with them on the ship
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if the minister is the same person they met in the forest
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why the minister always looks ill
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if the minister has signed his name in the Black Man's book
Question 19
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From the ship's captain, Hester learns that
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the ship will be delayed for several days
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Chilingworth has booked passage on the same ship
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Dimmesdale has cancelled his ticket
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the commander is in love with her
Question 20
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Dimmesdale's Election Day speech
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seems like a cry for help
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strikes deep into the hearts of the listeners as never before
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seems confused and disconnected, like his mind
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shocks the listeners with graphic details of sin
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seems remote and unattached to the things of this world
Question 21
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As Dimmesdale collapses on the scaffold, Chilingworth says
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the truth is known
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thou hast saved thy soul
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thou hast escaped me
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come down and say no more
Question 22
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After Dimmesdale reaches the scaffold, the following is not true
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Dimmesdale reveals what appears to be a letter etched on its breast
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the townspeople all agree that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl
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he dies on the scaffold in Hester's arm
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Pearl cries for her father
Question 23
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The following statement is not true about the future of the characters
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Hester lives out her last years in her seaside cottage
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Pearl lives and marries in Europe
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Chilingworth dies
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Hester and Dimmesdale are buried in the same grave
Question 24
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Hawthorne uses imagery of weeds in the following ways except
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for Pearl to represent the Puritan children
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for Pearl to decorate her mother's scarlet letter
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for the growth that emerges from the grave of a confessed sinner
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for Chilingworth's medicines
Question 25
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The scarlet letter symbolizes all of the following except
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the sin of adultery
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public shame and suffering
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a passionate love that can survive any obstacle
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an emblem that identifies its wearer as a noble servant of the sick
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