This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How old is Hester's baby? A) 1 month. B) 3 months. C) 1 year. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 months. 2. What discovery does Chillingsworth make while Dimmesdale is asleep? A) Something strange is on Dimmesdale's chest. B) Dimmesdale keeps a hidden journal with all of his secrets. C) Dimmesdale talks in his sleep and reveals a hidden sin. D) Chillingsworth discovers a stash of Dimmesdale's money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something strange is on Dimmesdale's chest. 3. Which of the following is not a way in which Dimmesdale punishes himself for his sin? A) He whips himself. B) He goes without food. C) He refuses to leave his parish. D) He stays up late into the night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He refuses to leave his parish. 4. What is the definition of 'cordial'? A) A friendly and warm greeting or attitude. B) Being very special and important. C) Very knowledgeable and smart. D) Perfect example or model to follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A friendly and warm greeting or attitude. 5. She is a ..... thinker, always seeking new ways to improve the world. A) Progressive. B) Desolate. C) Abstracted. D) Compassion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progressive. 6. Auditor A) Listener. B) Speaker. C) Communicator. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listener. 7. Aside from whipping himself, how else does Dimmesdale attempt to purify himself? A) Fasting. B) Praying. C) Confessing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fasting. 8. What makes Hester so worried about her daughter A) Shes not worried. B) How quick shes growing up. C) Shes afraid she'll be taken. D) She'll be forgotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shes afraid she'll be taken. 9. The ..... heat made it difficult to concentrate. A) Impending. B) Sojourn. C) Secluded. D) Infernal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infernal. 10. Who is described as being tall, with abundant hair, richness of complexion, and deep black eyes? A) Ann Hutchinson. B) Townbeadle. C) Hester Prynne. D) Elizabethan women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester Prynne. 11. Their problems were inextricable from one another, making it difficult to find a solution. What does the word 'inextricable' mean? A) Impossible to separate or untangle. B) Not straight or not lined up correctly. C) Not enough or very little. D) A feeling that something bad might happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impossible to separate or untangle. 12. What is the name for a government building where taxes and port fees are levied? A) Tax House. B) Government House. C) Custom House. D) House of Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Custom House. 13. Insidious A) Treacherous; crafty or harmful; tricky. B) Helpful; assisting. C) Unholy. D) Existing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treacherous; crafty or harmful; tricky. 14. What word means a large, important building or structure? A) Attribute. B) Establish. C) Subtle. D) Edifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edifice. 15. What were people beginning to think of Hester? A) They were beginning to think she was a witch as well as a sinner. B) They were beginning to recognize her as a person instead of as just a sinner. C) They were beginning to think she was "born bad.". D) They were beginning to suspect that she had had an affair with Rev. Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were beginning to recognize her as a person instead of as just a sinner. 16. Haughty A) Seriousness. B) Severely. C) Arrogant. D) Luxuriance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrogant. 17. She made a conjecture about the outcome of the experiment. What does the word 'conjecture' mean? A) Not enough or very little. B) A bright streak of light in the sky. C) A short trip or outing for fun. D) To guess or make an educated guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To guess or make an educated guess. 18. An old woman; grandmother A) Big. B) Antiquity. C) Steed. D) Spectre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big. 19. When asked who made thee, Pearl's response was ..... A) The Heavenly Father. B) My Earthly Father. C) My Mother. D) I was Plucked from the Rosebush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was Plucked from the Rosebush. 20. Hester and Pearl go to the forest to A) Pray and enjoy nature's solitude. B) Meet with the Black Man and receive his mark. C) Find Reverend Dimmesdale. D) Speak with Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Find Reverend Dimmesdale. ← 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