This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When John Wilson asks Pearl who her maker is, Pearl replies: A) That God made her. B) That Hester and Dimmesdale made her. C) That sin made her. D) That she was plucked off of a rose bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That she was plucked off of a rose bush. 2. The eminent professor delivered an insightful lecture on quantum physics. What does the word 'eminent' mean? A) Well-known and respected for being important. B) To insert or say something in between. C) A poison produced by some animals. D) Being represented by a physical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well-known and respected for being important. 3. For the common people Hester helps, what does the "A" stand for now? A) Adultery. B) Able. C) Astute. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able. 4. The Scarlet Letter immediately sold ..... copies directly after its publication. A) 1000. B) 10. C) 2500. D) 400, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2500. 5. True or False:Hester and Dimmesdale are both being treated poorly within this chapter because of their past sins. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What profession does Hester have that earns her money and status in the community? A) She is a gifted seamstress and makes beautiful clothes. B) She is a gifted baker and bakes cakes that people come from all over to buy. C) She is a gifted teacher who can teach the alphabet to anyone. D) She is a talented singer and sings every Sunday in church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is a gifted seamstress and makes beautiful clothes. 7. " ..... behold me here, the one sinner of the world!" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 8. We learn that Hester emigrates to America first while her husband stayed where to settle his affairs? A) Amsterdam. B) London. C) Paris. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amsterdam. 9. What is the antonym for sagacity? A) Talkativeness. B) Stupidity. C) Integrity. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stupidity. 10. Preternatural A) Strange; abnormal. B) Respected; sacred. C) Unspoiled; pure. D) Proper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strange; abnormal. 11. What word means to beg or plead with someone? A) Conform. B) Undermine. C) Grovel. D) Benign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grovel. 12. Gruesome; horrifying A) Lurid. B) Inure. C) Sojourn. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lurid. 13. Manner; way in which a person conducts himself A) Venerable. B) Abate. C) Demeanor. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demeanor. 14. Touching; in close proximity with; close by A) Parallel. B) Congruent. C) Contiguous. D) Apotheosize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contiguous. 15. Early in their conversation, what Dimmedsale asks Hester if she found. A) Love. B) Peace. C) Penitence. D) Forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace. 16. Pearl, who was a dauntless child, after frowning, stamping her foot, and shaking her little hand ..... suddenly made a rush after enemies." Which of the following best defines dauntless? A) Fearful, timid. B) Dangerous, alarming. C) Impatient, uninterested. D) Fearless, determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fearless, determined. 17. Vicki was ..... or cooperative to my suggestion that we work together on the class song. A) Amenable. B) Writhe. C) Insubordination. D) Perpetrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amenable. 18. Charlatan; quack A) Defunct. B) Guise. C) Mountebank. D) Latent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountebank. 19. The pauper begged for food on the street corner. What does the word 'pauper' mean? A) A ruler who has complete power. B) A very deep and wide hole. C) To make it harder to do something. D) A person who is very poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who is very poor. 20. What grows outside of the prison? A) A rosebush. B) A pine tree. C) A large oak tree. D) Tulips. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rosebush. ← 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