This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:In chapter 17, Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is her husband who has been tormenting him for the last seven years. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. After years of fighting for her freedom, she finally felt emancipated from the chains of her past. What does the word 'emancipated' mean? A) A poet or singer in ancient times. B) Adding flavors or colors into liquid. C) To make it harder to do something. D) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. 3. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at theend of Chapter 1?" ..... was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, ..... " A) Flowers. B) The spikes on the door to the jail. C) Hester's pearl necklace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flowers. 4. What is the one incongruity in the otherwise gloomy scene outside the prison door in chapter 1? A) A rose bush. B) A rainbow. C) A bird song. D) A smiling child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rose bush. 5. Abe A) To humble or degrade; to lower in rank. B) To soothe or soften. C) To repay or give back. D) To be honest and upright of character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To humble or degrade; to lower in rank. 6. The narrator speaks in which point-of-view throughout the introduction? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 7. Ch. 12-What choice does Dimmesdale make after Chillingworth appears and urges him to get down from the scaffold? A) To confess his sin to the townspeople and accept his punishment. B) To leave with Hester and Pearl to start a new life elsewhere. C) To admit his sin to Chillingworth and ask for his forgiveness. D) To continue hiding his sin and return home with Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To continue hiding his sin and return home with Chillingworth. 8. "living hieroglyphic" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 9. Vista A) A plague or disease. B) A view. C) Corruption; wickedness. D) Wisdom; keen judgment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A view. 10. What is the title of chapter 2? A) The Prison Door. B) The Market Place. C) The Reognition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Market Place. 11. What is the definition of 'scrutiny'? A) Looking at something very closely and carefully. B) Investigation to find out the cause. C) Getting back at someone who hurt you. D) A place where an animal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking at something very closely and carefully. 12. Where does Hester live? A) In the forest with a group of witches. B) In the center of town over a bar. C) On the outskirts of town in a cottage near the ocean. D) In secret with Chillingworth on a farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the outskirts of town in a cottage near the ocean. 13. What is the definition of 'unrequited'? A) A place where an animal lives. B) Love that is not returned. C) To tell someone to do or not do something. D) Looking at something very closely and carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love that is not returned. 14. Why does Chillingworth book passage on the ship? A) He has cured Dimmesdale. B) He has tired of revenge. C) He cannot bear to see Hester and Dimmesdale together. D) He wants to thwart Hester and Dimmesdale's escape plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to thwart Hester and Dimmesdale's escape plan. 15. Besides Chillingworth, what other townsperson seems to know about Hester and Arthur? A) The governor. B) The other minister. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mistress Hibbins. 16. What is the definition of 'perverse'? A) Doing the opposite of what's expected. B) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. C) To go somewhere together with someone. D) To find a solution or make a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing the opposite of what's expected. 17. Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative A) Amenable. B) Peremptory. C) Abate. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peremptory. 18. What does Hester do to make money? A) She works at the church. B) She sews clothing. C) She is a cook. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sews clothing. 19. What is the definition of 'abominable'? A) Friendly and easy to get along with. B) Very bad or unpleasant. C) Something that is hidden or undeveloped. D) A feeling that something will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very bad or unpleasant. 20. How old was the baby? A) 2 months. B) 3 months. C) 4 months. D) 5 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 months. ← 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