This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pearl stared at the other children, but nevermade an effort to speak to them. If theyapproached her, they threw stones at her A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The sacredness of life is a fundamental principle that should be upheld. A) Sanctity. B) Comprised. C) Erudite. D) Prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanctity. 3. How did Hester support herself and Pearl? A) Sewing. B) Growing and selling food. C) She couldn't support them; they depended on charity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewing. 4. Who does Hester see? A) The executioner. B) Her husband. C) The pastor. D) The crowd of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her husband. 5. Retribution A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 6. What word means to make something continue forever? A) Reflection. B) Perpetuate. C) Mutable. D) Accompany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpetuate. 7. What word means a hidden feeling or message? A) Necromancy. B) Ministrations. C) Sovereign. D) Undertone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Undertone. 8. Uncongenial A) Saturated; permeated. B) Unable to retain a solid shape. C) Unavoidable. D) Not suitable; not agreeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not suitable; not agreeable. 9. Ch. 11-As Dimmesdale punishes himself physically and emotionally for his sin, what does the novel imply is the only thing that will relieve his suffering? A) A change in his environment. B) A stronger relationship with Chillingworth. C) Seeking professional help. D) Confessing his sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confessing his sin. 10. Being lively in temper or conduct A) Scintillating. B) Vivacity. C) Scrofula. D) Loquacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vivacity. 11. "Pearl ..... stole softly towards him ..... taking his hand in the grasp of both her own, [and] laid her cheek against it" (92). Who did Pearl do this to? A) Roger Chillingworth. B) Hester. C) Reverend Dimmesdale. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reverend Dimmesdale. 12. The newspaper article contained lurid details of the crime scene. What does the word 'lurid' mean? A) To win or succeed in a competition. B) Very shocking, vivid, or sensational in color. C) Able to understand and make good choices. D) A wise person who gives good advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very shocking, vivid, or sensational in color. 13. She gesticulated wildly to get his attention. What does the word 'gesticulate' mean? A) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. B) To communicate using hand or body movements. C) What you see when light bounces back. D) A confusing maze with lots of paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To communicate using hand or body movements. 14. Chillingworth asks Dimmesdale if he believes Hester is less miserable because her sin is in the open. Dimmesdale says ..... A) Yes, I think so, but I can't speak for Hester. B) Yes, because she obviously doesn't suffer. C) No, I don't think so, but ask Hester. D) No, because she's suffering more for her sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I think so, but I can't speak for Hester. 15. The room was sparsely decorated with an austere aesthetic. What does the word 'austere' mean? A) A very deep and wide hole. B) To make it harder to do something. C) To behave or do things like others. D) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. 16. "Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation that brought a crowd ..... " Which of the following best defines exhortation? A) A joke. B) Urgent advice. C) Prayer. D) Profanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urgent advice. 17. What is the definition of 'compose'? A) A place where an animal lives. B) To give someone a special honor. C) Someone who does something bad or wrong. D) To create or put together something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create or put together something. 18. Which change has Dimmesdale NOT undergone? A) Grown skinnier (more emaciated). B) Grown paler. C) Grown more unhealthy. D) Grown fatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grown fatter. 19. How does the author use the scaffold as a symbol of public shame and punishment? A) Dimmesdale goes to the scaffold to be forgiven. B) Hester and Dimmesdale meet on the scaffold for secrecy and protection. C) Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl find joy and release on the scaffold. D) Hester and Pearl meet Dimmesdale on the scaffold at night both revealing and hiding his sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester and Pearl meet Dimmesdale on the scaffold at night both revealing and hiding his sin. 20. How long was Hester Prynne to be shamed in the public square? A) 2 days. B) 2 hours. C) From dawn till dusk. D) 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 hours. ← 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