This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which theme of The Scarlet Letter explores the impact of a person being forcibly excluded? A) Alienation. B) Appearance vs. Reality. C) Breaking Society's Rules. D) Loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alienation. 2. She made a ..... about the outcome of the experiment. A) Portent. B) Torrent. C) Foreboding. D) Conjecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjecture. 3. What natural phenomenon occurs in Ch. 12? A) A meteor burning in the atmosphere. B) Lightning strikes the scaffold. C) Thunder shakes Boston. D) Nothing special. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A meteor burning in the atmosphere. 4. The waves ..... gracefully on the surface of the ocean. A) Undulate. B) Pathos. C) Undertone. D) Sovereign. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undulate. 5. Pearl's playmate(s) is/are: A) Those things which she can create through simple materials and her imagination. B) The neighbor children. C) An imaginary friend named Harvey. D) Reverend Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those things which she can create through simple materials and her imagination. 6. One who violates a rule or law A) Betoken. B) Augured. C) Transgressor. D) Magistrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transgressor. 7. On which date was the author born? A) July 4, 1776. B) July 4, 1804. C) December 25, 1774. D) December 25, 1802. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) July 4, 1804. 8. To alienate the affections of A) Estranged. B) Mollify. C) Subjugate. D) Cadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estranged. 9. The fireworks display was absolutely scintillating. What does the word 'scintillating' mean? A) To sparkle or shine brightly with light. B) Thinking deeply or being thoughtful. C) The most important or most common. D) Looking tired, worn out or exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To sparkle or shine brightly with light. 10. How did Chillingworth represent a leech? A) He fed off of the Reverends blood. B) He fed off of Pearl's happiness. C) He fed off of guilt and suffering of the Reverend. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He fed off of guilt and suffering of the Reverend. 11. The teacher had to reprove the student for repeatedly disrupting the class. What does the word 'reprove' mean? A) To show or explain something with pictures. B) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. C) Extreme wickedness or moral corruption. D) To tell someone they did something wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To tell someone they did something wrong. 12. SCANTLY A) To provide an incomplete supply. B) Repulsive. C) No longer existing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide an incomplete supply. 13. The abandoned house stood ..... amidst the overgrown weeds. A) Desolate. B) Undulate. C) Abstracted. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desolate. 14. The baby's name has been revealed as Hope. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What is the definition of 'inconsistent'? A) Ceremony where a king or queen is crowned. B) To tie or fasten something together. C) Not always the same or steady. D) To formally accuse someone of a crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not always the same or steady. 16. What physical action does Dimmesdale repeatedly do in this section of the novel? A) Place his hand over his chest. B) Grab his throat. C) Hit his head. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place his hand over his chest. 17. What is the definition of 'attribute'? A) An agreement or harmony between people. B) Very small or not easy to notice. C) A characteristic or quality of something. D) To go together with someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A characteristic or quality of something. 18. What about DImmesdale causes the townspeople to worry about him? A) His deteriorating health. B) His inability to remember things. C) His nightmares. D) His frequent fainting spells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His deteriorating health. 19. What is the definition of 'resolve'? A) Able to be understood or heard. B) To go somewhere together with someone. C) To bring out or call forth a feeling. D) To find a solution or make a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To find a solution or make a decision. 20. How does Pearl behave in Chapter 10 and what does it reveal about her character? A) Pearl behaves with arrogance and rudeness, revealing her disrespectful character. B) Pearl behaves with curiosity and independence, revealing her adventurous and spirited character. C) Pearl behaves with laziness and apathy, revealing her indifferent character. D) Pearl behaves with fear and timidity, revealing her cowardly character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl behaves with curiosity and independence, revealing her adventurous and spirited character. ← 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