This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chillingworth begins to dance around like a fiend or devil when he A) Sees what is under the minister's shirt. B) Sees the minister on the scaffold. C) Sees the "A" in the sky. D) Hears Hester and the minister talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sees what is under the minister's shirt. 2. (Pg. 189) Pearl goes into a fit across the brook; what does Hester attribute this behavior to? A) Pearl is showing her distaste for Master Dimmesdale. B) Pearl is not accustomed to seeing Hester without the scarlet letter. C) Pearl has become possessed by evil spirits. D) Pearl refuses to do her homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl is not accustomed to seeing Hester without the scarlet letter. 3. Describe Hester's feelings towards Pearl. A) She loved Pearl. B) She had no feelings one way or the other. C) She didn't even like Pearl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loved Pearl. 4. The image of "Divine Maternity" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester. 5. I saw a ghostly apparition in the old abandoned house. What does the word 'apparition' mean? A) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. B) Happening without planning or preparation. C) Something old-fashioned or outdated. D) A simple story that teaches a lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. 6. The outward appearance or apparent form or something, especially when the reality is different. A) Resolute. B) Obscurity. C) Semblance. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semblance. 7. Who asks Hester to identify the father of the baby while she is standing on the scaffold? A) Mistress Hibbons. B) Rev. Wilson. C) Rev. Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rev. Dimmesdale. 8. Ch. 10-What does Chillingworth suspect is causing Dimmesdale's physical suffering? A) Anxiety from writing his sermons. B) Fear of dying. C) A rare illness. D) Stress from keeping a secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stress from keeping a secret. 9. With what does Chillingworth become obsessed with discovering? A) Dimmesdale's secrets. B) Speaking in tongues. C) Conjuring the devil. D) Getting Hester to confess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimmesdale's secrets. 10. Identify the speaker of this quote: "Not on thy soul; no, not on thine." A) Hester Prynne. B) Arthur Dimmesdale. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Mr. Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roger Chillingworth. 11. What word means a poet or singer in ancient times? A) Calamity. B) Auspicious. C) Conform. D) Bard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bard. 12. When Chillingworth sees Pearl, what is she doing? A) Gathering seashells with her mother. B) Throwing rocks at the village children. C) Skipping from one grave to another, before dancing on one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skipping from one grave to another, before dancing on one. 13. True or False:By now, people accepted Hester as part of the community A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. According to TSL, new settlements must establish a cemetery and ..... at the beginning of a colony. A) Orphanage. B) Prison. C) Place of execution. D) Town hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prison. 15. Find the best quote below to support the following conclusion:Hester is a strong woman. A) "She climbed a flight of wooden steps". B) ""The women seemed to take a special interest". C) "There she stood for everyone to see". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "There she stood for everyone to see". 16. Where does Hester have to stand for four hours? A) On the scaffold in front of everyone. B) On the balcony with the magistrates and ministers. C) On the ground so everyone can yell in her face. D) In the prison window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the scaffold in front of everyone. 17. Why do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth move into the same house? A) Chillingworth convinces Dimmesdale it will help him. B) Reverend Wilson commands Dimmesdale to do so. C) Dimmesdale's parishioners insist he do so for his health. D) To keep an eye on Hester and Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dimmesdale's parishioners insist he do so for his health. 18. She used a soft cloth to burnish the silverware, making it shine like new. What does the word 'burnish' mean? A) Something that is really silly or ridiculous. B) To think carefully before making a decision. C) To make something shiny or smooth. D) A variety or differences among people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make something shiny or smooth. 19. "intrusive third person" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 20. Which character is the sister of Governor Bellingham? A) Hester. B) Pearl. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mistress Hibbins. ← 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