This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I found them growing on a grave, which bore no tombstone, nor other memorial of the dead man, save these ugly weeds, that have taken upon themselves to keep him in remembrance. They grew out of his heart, and typify, it may be, some hideous secret that was buried with him, and which he had done better to confess during his lifetime." A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth. 2. What is the definition of 'attest'? A) Very light, delicate, or heavenly. B) To show that something is true. C) To refuse or hesitate to do something. D) A set of beliefs or teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show that something is true. 3. She is rumored to be a witch. A) Hester Prynne. B) Mistress Hibbins. C) Pearl. D) Mistress Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mistress Hibbins. 4. What word means well-known and respected for being important? A) Interpose. B) Eminent. C) Crumbling. D) Embodiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eminent. 5. What does Chillingworth look at while Dimmesdale is asleep? A) Secret diary. B) His "A" engraved on his chest. C) Sermon notes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His "A" engraved on his chest. 6. ALCHEMY A) A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. B) A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident, such as death. C) Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. 7. The doctor reassured the patient that the tumor was benign. What does the word 'benign' mean? A) Something that is not positive. B) Kind and not causing harm or danger. C) A poisonous substance produced by animals. D) To agree or go along with something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kind and not causing harm or danger. 8. A pastor who spoke up for Hester so she would not get Pearl taken away from her A) Reverend Dimmesdale. B) Reverend Wilson. C) Governor Bellingham. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverend Dimmesdale. 9. What word means to show or explain something with pictures? A) Illustrate. B) Shrewd. C) Apparition. D) Reprove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illustrate. 10. Who is represented by a snake? A) Dr. Chillingworth. B) Rev. Dimmesdale. C) Pearl. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. Chillingworth. 11. To reduce the purity of by mixing with something debasing A) Alloy. B) Mutability. C) Uncouth. D) Irrefragable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alloy. 12. Pearl was an heiress to ..... fortune. A) Hester's. B) Dimmesdale's. C) Chillingworth's. D) Wilson's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth's. 13. During Hester's first meeting with Chillingsworth, she is afraid he will A) Hurt her. B) Hurt the baby. C) Tell everyone who he is. D) Take all of her money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurt the baby. 14. What is the significance of the scarlet letter "A" which is embroidered on Hester's gown? A) Abolitionist. B) Apathetic. C) Adulteress. D) Angel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adulteress. 15. What is the definition of 'confer'? A) To give someone a special honor. B) Looking at something very closely and carefully. C) To stop or calm something down. D) To delay or put off for later. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give someone a special honor. 16. The antique shop is known for selling authentic jewelry and artwork. What does the word 'authentic' mean? A) Real or genuine, not fake. B) To show or explain something with pictures. C) Something old-fashioned or outdated. D) Pleasant or attractive in appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Real or genuine, not fake. 17. We know the community members of the Puritan community are antagonists because A) They create change in Hester. B) They are against Hester and Pearl. C) They treat Hester and Pearl as outcasts. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are true. 18. Unfavorable; unfortunate A) Iniquity. B) Inference. C) Ignominy. D) Inauspicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inauspicious. 19. When Chillingworth learns that Hester's "partner in iniquity" has not yet been identified, Chillingworth insists that "he will be known." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What does Pearl ask Hester for as they walk through the ornamental gardens at the Governor's residence? A) A red rose from a rose bush. B) An apple from a nearby tree. C) A pumpkin from a vine. D) A head of cabbage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A red rose from a rose bush. ← 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