This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 49 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word means to make a sound echo or bounce? A) Persist. B) Foreboding. C) Whimsical. D) Reverberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reverberate. 2. Scarcity; lack A) Assimilate. B) Efficacy. C) Dearth. D) Pristine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dearth. 3. The novel was adapted into a successful film. What does the word 'adapted' mean? A) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. B) To create or make something, like music. C) To create or make something (such as music or a story). D) Changed to fit a new situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Changed to fit a new situation. 4. The governor allows Hester to keep Pearl because she A) Has taught her the correct answers to his questions. B) Reverend Wilson recommends it. C) Chillingworth argues it will be best for the child. D) Dimmesdale convinces him it will save their souls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dimmesdale convinces him it will save their souls. 5. What's Chillingworth's occupation A) Physician. B) Coach. C) Physical Therapist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physician. 6. What word means doing what you are supposed to do? A) Necromancy. B) Compliance. C) Tempest. D) Minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compliance. 7. The teacher had to ..... the students for talking during class. A) Malevolent. B) Portent. C) Conjecture. D) Admonish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admonish. 8. What is the promise that Hester makes to Chillingworth? A) One day she will reveal her lover's name. B) She will remain faithful from now on. C) She and Pearl will leave to save him from. D) She will not reveal his identity to the people of Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She will not reveal his identity to the people of Boston. 9. How does Hester react when Chillingsworth tells her that the magistrate said that she can remove the letter A? A) She says that it's not up to him whether or not she wears it. B) She immediately removes the A but keeps it in her pocket. C) She cries and says that she can't remove it. D) She asks Dimmesdale what to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She says that it's not up to him whether or not she wears it. 10. She could infer from his tone that he was angry. What does the word 'infer' mean? A) The time between daylight and darkness. B) To figure out without being told. C) To come before in time or order. D) Showing how things are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To figure out without being told. 11. Puritan children play all of the games EXCEPT: A) Saving sinners. B) Scalping natives. C) Scourging Quakers. D) Screeching witch craft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saving sinners. 12. How does Dimmesdale's guilt finally come to light? A) Dimmesdale's guilt is revealed by Chillingworth's confession. B) Dimmesdale writes a letter to the townspeople confessing his sin. C) Dimmesdale confesses his sin on the scaffold in front of the whole town. D) Dimmesdale dies without ever confessing his sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dimmesdale confesses his sin on the scaffold in front of the whole town. 13. Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. A) Plausibility. B) Resolute. C) Iniquity. D) Pensively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolute. 14. What do the townspeople think the "A" in the sky meant? A) "Angel". B) "Adultress". C) "Anger". D) "Avenger". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Angel". 15. She had an intuitive sense of direction and easily found her way home. What does the word 'intuitive' mean? A) Knowing or understanding without needing instructions. B) Being very special and important. C) To publicly express strong disapproval of something. D) Made up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowing or understanding without needing instructions. 16. She took a cautious ..... to the problem, carefully considering all possible solutions. A) Devise. B) Chaos. C) Beneficent. D) Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Approach. 17. The novel was ..... into a successful film. A) Adapt. B) Adapted. C) Dwell. D) Ignominious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adapted. 18. Where are the dignitaries-the ministers, the magistrates, etc.-as Hester stands on the scaffold? A) In the crowd. B) On the scaffold. C) On the balcony. D) In the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the balcony. 19. LATENT A) Existing but not yet developed. B) Extremely unpleasant. C) No longer existing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Existing but not yet developed. 20. Hester and Chillingworth discuss all of the following, except ..... A) Pearl. B) The scarlet letter. C) Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl. ← 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