This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What personified idea is presented to explain the Puritans' purchase of garments ..... "wrought by [Hester's] sinful hands" ? A) Hypocrisy. B) Vanity. C) Greed. D) Materialism. E) Sympathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vanity. 2. What is the first thing that the founders of a new colony always build, according to the narrator? A) A church. B) A prison and a cemetery. C) A school and a library. D) A town hall and a market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A church. 3. What is the significance of the forest in the Scarlet Letter? A) Represents urbanization, progress, and modernity. B) Signifies isolation, despair, and hopelessness. C) Symbolizes freedom, temptation, and the natural world. D) Symbolizes technology, innovation, and advancement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolizes freedom, temptation, and the natural world. 4. What word means perfect example or model to follow? A) Sanctity. B) Exemplary. C) Prejudice. D) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exemplary. 5. She felt constrained by the strict rules of the company. What does the word 'constrained' mean? A) A question or request for information. B) Able to be understood or heard. C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. D) Cannot be explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. 6. The young artist's work embodies the essence of ..... art. A) Discourse. B) Temperament. C) Momentous. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemporary. 7. What is the definition of 'infer'? A) To explain or give more details. B) To figure out without being told. C) A poison produced by some animals. D) Being represented by a physical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To figure out without being told. 8. Pearl is crying for a red rose from Governor Bellingham's garden and lets out an "eldritch scream" when Hester tells her no (86). What does eldritch mean? A) Loud. B) Sinister. C) Quick. D) Angelic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinister. 9. How does Hester dress compared to the way she dresses Pearl? A) Hester wears fancy, frilly dresses and dresses Pearl in rags. B) Hester and Pearl are both dressed in coarse, somber clothing. C) Hester wears somber clothing and dresses Pearl in beautifully adorned, brightly colored clothing. D) Hester dresses herself and Pearl in rich clothing of bright colors and fancy embroidery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester wears somber clothing and dresses Pearl in beautifully adorned, brightly colored clothing. 10. The colors of the sky during ..... are always stunning. A) Venom. B) Twilight. C) Luxuriant. D) Manifest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twilight. 11. Dexterity A) Manner; appearance. B) Skill; adroitness. C) Clumsiness; lack of coordination. D) Honesty; uprightness of character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skill; adroitness. 12. What word means able to be understood or heard? A) Despondent. B) Inexplicable. C) Intelligible. D) Mutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligible. 13. She made capricious decisions, often changing her mind without warning. What does the word 'capricious' mean? A) Able to be changed or altered. B) To trick or make someone believe something false. C) Able to be understood or heard. D) Changing your mind or behavior frequently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changing your mind or behavior frequently. 14. What word means a question or request for information? A) Correspond. B) Query. C) Accompany. D) Labyrinth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Query. 15. What did most of the townspeople believe happened to Hester's husband? A) They believed he had left Hester for another woman. B) They believed he was dead. C) They believed he stayed back in Europe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They believed he was dead. 16. Following Dimmesdale's impassioned plea to Hester, the baby reaches up her arms toward him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is the definition of 'hallowed'? A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. B) Making someone feel serious and thoughtful. C) Real or genuine, not fake. D) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. 18. The changes in her appearance were so ..... that no one noticed them at first. A) Attribute. B) Attribute. C) Adapt. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subtle. 19. What did Hester tell Roger Chillingworth when they met on the peninsula? A) Rev. Dimmesdale was sicker than Chillingworth thought. B) She was going to break her promise to him and tell Dimmesdale who he really was. C) She couldn't help falling in love with him again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was going to break her promise to him and tell Dimmesdale who he really was. 20. She feigned illness to avoid going to the party. What does the word 'feigned' mean? A) Relating to the mother or motherhood. B) To make someone believe something false. C) Pretending or making something up. D) To stop or calm something down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretending or making something up. ← 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