This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She refused to acquiesce to his demands. What does the word 'acquiesce' mean? A) To agree or go along with something. B) A poet or singer in ancient times. C) Something that is not positive. D) To beg or plead with someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To agree or go along with something. 2. Be a warning or indication of (a future event). A) Congenial. B) Flagrant. C) Meager. D) Betokened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Betokened. 3. Inauspicious A) Not suspicious. B) Unfortunate; ill-omened. C) Guilty. D) Not able to guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unfortunate; ill-omened. 4. She delivered an eloquent speech that moved the entire audience. What does the word 'eloquent' mean? A) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. B) About to happen or occur soon. C) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. D) A safe place to stay or hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. 5. All of the following are ironies that occur in the first scaffold scene except: A) The irony that Hester is married to Chillingworth but has had a child with another man. B) The irony that Chillingworth chides Hester from the crowd, asking her to reveal the father. C) The irony that Dimmesdale is called upon to ask Hester who the father is. D) The irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together. 6. What was ironic about the location of the scaffold? A) It stood next to the school. B) It was in the middle of the town square. C) It was built three miles out of town. D) It stood nearly beneath the eaves of the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It stood nearly beneath the eaves of the church. 7. What appears in the sky while Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale are standing together? A) Eclipse. B) Meteors. C) Rainbows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteors. 8. A gesture A) Paramour. B) Ignominy. C) Gesticulation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gesticulation. 9. What did Pearl say when the governor and ministers asked "Who made you?" A) She says "My mom made me". B) She says "God made me". C) She says she was picked from a rose bush. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She says she was picked from a rose bush. 10. Hester eventually gives in and tells the name of the man she cheated with A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. The constant noise from the construction site ..... ed the neighborhood. A) Volley. B) Blasphemy. C) Vex. D) Stupefy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vex. 12. "It was whispered that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passageways of the interior." This sentence provides examples of both A) Simile and Metaphor. B) Imagery and Personification. C) Alliteration and Onomatopoeia. D) Symbolism and Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery and Personification. 13. What happens to Chillingworth at the end of the book? A) He goes to England. B) He dies. C) He goes to live with Ester and Pearl. D) He stays in Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He dies. 14. What reasons does Hawthorne give for Hester remaining in Boston where she is an outcast? A) She desires to remain close to her lover. B) The place of her sin should be the place of her punishment. C) A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and B. 15. True or False:Pearl is a Round character. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. In a way that is patently evident or certain; unquestionably; without doubt. A) Indubitably. B) Congenial. C) Infamy. D) Iniquity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indubitably. 17. Who peeks out the window, but doesn't see Dimmesdale? A) Governor Bellingham. B) Hester Prynne. C) Reverend Wilson. D) Mistress Hibbins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mistress Hibbins. 18. What did Hester have to do by the brook before Pearl would come across? A) Pin her A back on. B) Promise to come to the brook again. C) Promise that they would move away together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pin her A back on. 19. She decided to entreat her parents for permission to attend the concert. What does the word 'entreat' mean? A) To ask for something very politely. B) Very deep and meaningful. C) To explain something in more detail. D) A prediction or message from a higher power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ask for something very politely. 20. She is a progressive thinker, always seeking new ways to improve the world. What does the word 'progressive' mean? A) Doing what you are supposed to do. B) Lost in thought and not paying attention. C) A strong and violent storm with wind. D) Continuous improvement or advancement towards a goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continuous improvement or advancement towards a goal. ← 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