This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The teacher had to admonish the students for talking during class. What does the word 'admonish' mean? A) To give a warning or scold someone. B) No longer in existence or operation. C) A strong and fast-moving stream of water. D) To hold and use a tool or weapon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give a warning or scold someone. 2. She tried to ..... him into thinking she was someone else. A) Approach. B) Delude. C) Quell. D) Vengeance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delude. 3. What is the definition of 'quell'? A) Pretending or making something up. B) To stop or calm something down. C) Someone who does something bad or wrong. D) Looking at something very closely and carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stop or calm something down. 4. When did this story begin? A) On a summer morning. B) On a spring afternoon. C) On a wintry evening. D) During a fall thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a summer morning. 5. The media's sensationalism perpetuates fear and panic among the public. What does the word 'perpetuate' mean? A) To care for and help something grow. B) To make something continue forever. C) To go somewhere together with someone. D) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make something continue forever. 6. What word means to weaken or harm something secretly? A) Grovel. B) Impede. C) Undermine. D) Infusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undermine. 7. Bad tempered; irritable A) Mollified. B) Choleric. C) Stupefied. D) Pithy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choleric. 8. To be brilliant or keen as in talent A) Vivacity. B) Scintillating. C) Scrofula. D) Loquacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scintillating. 9. What is seen in the sky the night Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold? A) Lightning outlining the devil's book. B) A tornado in the distance. C) Pitch blackness, no stars or moon. D) A meteor in the shape of an "A". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A meteor in the shape of an "A". 10. What is the plan of Hester and Dimmesdale to escape their current situation? A) To seek forgiveness from the townspeople. B) To confront Chillingworth and reveal the truth. C) To move to Europe and live as a family. D) To start a new life in a different colony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move to Europe and live as a family. 11. The country embraced democracy and held free elections. What does the word 'democracy' mean? A) Strong feeling of sadness or sympathy. B) A government where people vote and make decisions. C) Empty, sad, and feeling very alone. D) Taking care of someone's needs or problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A government where people vote and make decisions. 12. How does Dimmesdale's guilt get revealed? A) He is caught in the act by a witness. B) He confesses his sin publicly on the scaffold. C) He writes a letter confessing his sin. D) He is exposed by Hester Prynne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He confesses his sin publicly on the scaffold. 13. What word means relating to the mother or motherhood? A) Inquest. B) Approach. C) Enjoin. D) Maternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maternal. 14. The birds gather together due to their proximity to each other. What does the word 'proximity' mean? A) Being very close to something. B) To claim or declare something openly. C) Clever and smart in making decisions. D) Making someone feel serious and thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being very close to something. 15. Who cries out (symbolically) on the scaffold? A) Hester. B) Mistress Hibbins. C) The Governor. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 16. Not pleasing A) Inauspicious. B) Uncongenial. C) Sable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncongenial. 17. Jesus often used ..... s to teach important lessons to his disciples and followers. A) Illustrate. B) Parable. C) Apparition. D) Proximity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parable. 18. She spoke with reproach in her voice as she scolded him for his actions. What does the word 'reproach' mean? A) A state of total confusion and disorder. B) To be uncertain or indecisive about something. C) To find out or figure something out. D) To express disapproval or disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To express disapproval or disappointment. 19. Dishonor; infamy; disgraceful conduct. A) Venerable. B) Ignominy. C) Infamy. D) Irks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ignominy. 20. Who does Mistress Hibbins want Hester to go and meet? A) Chillingworth's Mother. B) The Savage Indians. C) The Black Man. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Black Man. ← 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