This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What promise does Chillingworth demand from Hester? A) That she will not have a physical relationship with anyone else for the rest of her life. B) That she will reveal the name of her lover and the father of her child within a year. C) That she will not tell anyone about their previous relationship and that he is her husband. D) That she will not remain silent and will not reveal the name of her lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she will not tell anyone about their previous relationship and that he is her husband. 2. What action does Arthur take at the beginning of Chapter 12? A) He goes to pray. B) He stands on the scaffold. C) He writes a sermon. D) He visits Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He stands on the scaffold. 3. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1? A) Apple-name. B) Pigweed. C) Burdock. D) Milkweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apple-name. 4. What did Hester imply might have been better for the baby's father? A) To have been put in jail. B) He would have been better off dead then being miserable and slowly dying. C) To have left the town. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He would have been better off dead then being miserable and slowly dying. 5. Which character wants to take Pearl away from her mother? A) Roger Chillingworth. B) Governor Bellingham. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) Master Brackett. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor Bellingham. 6. "[ ..... ] That old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart ..... " A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 7. Where had Mr. Wilson, Hester, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth all been that night that they all walked by the scaffold at midnight? A) At the church. B) At the governor's deathbed. C) At Dimmesdale's special meeting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the governor's deathbed. 8. When the governor asks Pearl where she comes from, what is Pearl's response? A) The Holy Father, God Almighty. B) I am a child of the Devil's work, but God is stealing me away. C) I was plucked from the wild rosebush by Mother's prison door. D) I don't have any idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was plucked from the wild rosebush by Mother's prison door. 9. What is the definition of 'morbid'? A) Very gross or disgusting. B) Having a dark or gloomy interest. C) Rude or inappropriate. D) A punishment you give to yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having a dark or gloomy interest. 10. She had feelings for him, but unfortunately, it was ..... A) Unrequited. B) Paramour. C) Habitat. D) Quell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrequited. 11. She had to ..... to the new working environment. A) Dwell. B) Earnest. C) Reflections. D) Adapt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adapt. 12. Where does Dimmesdale meet Hester and Pearl late at night? A) The scaffold. B) At the alter in his church. C) Outside of the governor's mansion. D) In the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The scaffold. 13. The ..... dictator oppressed his people with cruel and unjust laws. A) Admonish. B) Scanty. C) Malevolent. D) Reverberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malevolent. 14. A minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes. A) Sepulcher. B) Heathenish. C) Transgressor. D) Magistrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magistrate. 15. Comfort from grief or sorrow A) Appellation. B) Solace. C) Autumnal. D) Abashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solace. 16. Which of the following is NOT an epithet used in reference to Chillingworth? A) Wrinkled scholar. B) Leech. C) Man of skill. D) Dishonored bridegroom. E) None of the above-Hawthorne uses all of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dishonored bridegroom. 17. The birds gather together due to their ..... to each other. A) Spontaneous. B) Comely. C) Proximity. D) Reprove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proximity. 18. The project was left unfinished due to a lack of initiative from the team. What does the word 'passive' mean? A) Looking tired, worn out or exhausted. B) Not taking action or being acted upon. C) Playful in a naughty or tricky way. D) Secret or hidden motive or purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not taking action or being acted upon. 19. Who are the main characters involved in the events of Chapter 4? A) Character G, Character H, Character I. B) Character D, Character E, Character F. C) The main characters involved in the events of Chapter 4 are character A, character B, and character C. D) Character X, Character Y, Character Z. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main characters involved in the events of Chapter 4 are character A, character B, and character C. 20. BALKED A) No longer existing. B) Existing but not yet developed. C) Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking. ← 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