This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The novels protagonist who has committed adultery and must wear the letter "A" A) Pearl. B) Miss Hibbins. C) Hester. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester. 2. What does Chillingworth make Hester promise? A) Not to reveal his true identity (being her husband). B) To tell him who the father is. C) Never to leave Boston. D) To give up her baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to reveal his true identity (being her husband). 3. Expression through gestures A) Gesticulation. B) Caprice. C) Progenitors. D) Emoluments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gesticulation. 4. A person's mood or state of mind A) Physiognomies. B) Mien. C) Paramour. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mien. 5. How do the townspeople perceive Pearl? A) As the physical embodiment of sin. B) As a symbol of hope and redemption. C) As a gifted and intelligent child. D) As a harmless and misunderstood child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the physical embodiment of sin. 6. Of an esoteric doctrine or mysterious art A) Cabalistic. B) Tome. C) Indefeasible. D) Adduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cabalistic. 7. What word means to make someone leave or kick out? A) Antipathy. B) Expel. C) Abhor. D) Defile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expel. 8. The two countries reached an ..... on trade agreements. A) Subtle. B) Venerable. C) Earnest. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accord. 9. The grand ..... stood tall and majestic in the heart of the city. A) Dwell. B) Establish. C) Earnest. D) Edifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edifice. 10. It's best not to ..... in other people's affairs. A) Secluded. B) Meddle. C) Accord. D) Momentous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meddle. 11. Who did Hester Prynne meet in her prison cell in chapter 4? A) The govenor. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) A townswoman. D) Reverend Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Chillingworth. 12. Character who said he could tell who Pearl's father is by analyzing her face? A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) The devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Chillingworth. 13. Hester Prynne, by standards of her day, would have been considered an attractive woman. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Once the decision is made, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed. What does the word 'irrevocable' mean? A) To bring under control or conquer. B) Negative beliefs or judgments about someone. C) A strong fortress or castle. D) Something that cannot be changed or taken back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that cannot be changed or taken back. 15. She stared into the ..... with a mix of fear and awe. A) Abyss. B) Resolve. C) Perpetuate. D) Deceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abyss. 16. She worked with the utmost precision to complete the project on time. What does the word 'utmost' mean? A) Happening without planning or preparation. B) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. C) The highest or greatest level of something. D) Clever and smart in making decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The highest or greatest level of something. 17. What did the people see when Mr. Dimmesdale took of his shirt? A) Nothing; whatever he thought was there did not exist. B) An imprint matching Hester's "A". C) The Eye of God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An imprint matching Hester's "A". 18. She was able to ..... great pleasure from reading. A) Temperament. B) Derive. C) Momentous. D) Refuge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derive. 19. She tends to ..... her success to hard work and perseverance. A) Earnest. B) Dwell. C) Attribute. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attribute. 20. True or False:At the end of the novel, we find out that Dimmesdale dies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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