This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 112 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 112 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Soothed in temper or disposition A) Mollified. B) Prattle. C) Estranged. D) Tarry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mollified. 2. What word means to think carefully and plan something? A) Deliberate. B) Inferior. C) Stupefy. D) Blasphemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deliberate. 3. They engaged in a heated volleyball volley. What does the word 'volley' mean? A) A series of hits or shots. B) Given or done for free. C) To make someone feel very confused or surprised. D) To think carefully and plan something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A series of hits or shots. 4. The hikers carefully navigated their way across the deep chasm. What does the word 'chasm' mean? A) A person who is very poor. B) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. C) A very deep and wide hole. D) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A very deep and wide hole. 5. What is the definition of 'beseech'? A) To ask or beg someone earnestly. B) Being very careful and thorough. C) Being very special and important. D) A friendly and warm greeting or attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ask or beg someone earnestly. 6. Who teases them on their way to Bellingham Hall? A) Children. B) Adults. C) Animals. D) Spirits of the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 7. The meteor is A) Dark red. B) A dark red "A". C) A bright red color. D) Face of Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dark red "A". 8. Which questions about the story will the setting answer? A) What is the author's attitude toward the characters?. B) Where and when does the story take place?. C) Who are the people the story is about? Why and why did the author write the story?. D) Why and why did the author write the story?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where and when does the story take place?. 9. She dragged herself out of bed, her listless movements betraying her lack of energy. What does the word 'listless' mean? A) Lacking energy or enthusiasm. B) To feel sad and express grief. C) Playful in a naughty or tricky way. D) Looking tired, worn out or exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacking energy or enthusiasm. 10. What is the name of the colony in which the story takes place? A) Jamestown. B) New England Colony. C) Massachusetts Bay Colony. D) Plymouth Colony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massachusetts Bay Colony. 11. Who is often described as "elf-like" ? A) Pearl. B) Hester. C) Dr. Chillingworth. D) Rev. Dimmesdale. E) Mistress Hibbins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl. 12. Dimmesdale is reluctant to trust Chilingworth ..... however, he finds no reason not to trust him. A) Semi-colon ;. B) Comma,. C) Nothing needed. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semi-colon ;. 13. "The sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid." A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 14. What word means a ghost or a strange, unexpected sight? A) Illustrate. B) Shrewd. C) Apparition. D) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apparition. 15. A drink A) Mien. B) Beadle. C) Draught. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Draught. 16. From the beginning of the story until now, how has Hester changed? A) She became weaker. B) She remained the same. C) She had grown strong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had grown strong. 17. What word means being very careful and thorough? A) Scrupulous. B) Mortal. C) Inarticulate. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrupulous. 18. True or False:Roger Chillingworth was now friend's with Dimmsdale A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What does "propagate" mean? A) Promote. B) Comfort in time of distress. C) Tending to harm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promote. 20. The irony of Dimmesdale's sermons is that A) He wants to be caught and punished so he can leave town with Hester. B) He feels better when he confesses even though the parishioners do not understand. C) His parishioners think he is more of a saint when he tells them he is a horrible sinner. D) He never tells the congregation what an awful person he is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His parishioners think he is more of a saint when he tells them he is a horrible sinner. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesThe Scarlet Letter Quiz 1The Scarlet Letter Quiz 2The Scarlet Letter Quiz 3The Scarlet Letter Quiz 4The Scarlet Letter Quiz 5The Scarlet Letter Quiz 6The Scarlet Letter Quiz 7The Scarlet Letter Quiz 8The Scarlet Letter Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books