This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 51 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Reason Pearl was a wild cantankerous child: A) Always asking hard quetion. B) Constantly playing in the forestt. C) Represents the good and the bad that came out of Hester's affair. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth find each other intellectually stimulating because of the different realms of thought that they represent. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Hester tells Chillingworth that his one hope is: A) Forgiveness. B) To leave Boston and give them peace. C) Help her to financially provide for Pearl. D) Prayer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgiveness. 4. What word means to ask for something very politely? A) Entreat. B) Denounce. C) Exemplary. D) Inarticulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entreat. 5. What is Hester's response to the demands for the name of her baby's father in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) She refuses to name him. B) She names him immediately. C) She accuses another man. D) She leaves the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She refuses to name him. 6. The news of the accident was ..... , reminding everyone of the importance of road safety. A) Accord. B) Comely. C) Sobering. D) Shrewd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sobering. 7. The forest is the natural habitat for many species of animals. What does the word 'habitat' mean? A) The ability to get desired results. B) Looking at something very closely and carefully. C) To get revenge for someone or something. D) A place where an animal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A place where an animal lives. 8. What does Hester tell Pearl about the meaning of the scarlet letter? A) That it represents a sin. B) That it is a symbol of honor. C) That it is pretty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That it is pretty. 9. At the end of the chapter, Hester is threateningly surrounded by a group of individuals in the market as they stare at the symbol on her bosom. Who is she surrounded by A) Indians. B) Puritan townspeople. C) Sailors. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Which of the following does NOT happen during the final scaffold scene? A) Pearl kisses Dimmesdale. B) Dimmesdale reveals the stigma (A) on his chest. C) Pearl rejects Dimmesdale. D) Dimmesdale dies. E) Hester supports Dimmesdale as he confesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pearl rejects Dimmesdale. 11. People who hear Dimmesdal's loud screams while standing on the scaffold think the sounds come from witches. A) No change. B) , while standing on the scaffold,. C) People,. D) Scaffols, think. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , while standing on the scaffold,. 12. To support or sustain A) Estrange. B) Breach. C) Solace. D) Kennels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kennels. 13. What was the severest possible punishment for adultery in the Massachusetts colony during the Puritan 1850s? A) Deportation. B) Branding the letter on the body. C) Dismembership. D) Capital Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capital Punishment. 14. The antique shop is known for selling ..... jewelry and artwork. A) Spontaneous. B) Depravity. C) Authentic. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Authentic. 15. "human manifestation of sin" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 16. Hester makes what promise to Roger Chillingworth (her husband's alias)? A) She will not tell anyone he gave her and Pearl medicine. B) She will not anyone that he was an alchemist. C) She will not tell anyone his true identity. D) She will not tell anyone that he likes being called The Devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She will not tell anyone his true identity. 17. In the final scaffold scene, Dimmesdale believes that ..... is visible on his chest, over his heart. A) A scarlet letter A. B) And rose blossom. C) A bright red heart. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A scarlet letter A. 18. The punishment for committing adultery included possible execution. What kept Hester from being executed? A) Hester was never legally married. B) Hester was never considered married by the church. C) Hester had a daughter that needed her mother. D) Hester had to live alone in Boston for two years without her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester had to live alone in Boston for two years without her husband. 19. Identify the speaker: "Wilt thou go with us tonight? There be merry company in the forest; and I well-nigh promise the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one." A) Hester Prynne. B) Arthur Dimmesdale. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Mistress Hibbons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mistress Hibbons. 20. The ..... forest was filled with ancient, towering trees and untouched beauty. A) Passive. B) Haggard. C) Primeval. D) Listless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primeval. ← 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