This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 62 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word means to show sincere and serious intent? A) Earnest. B) Mortal. C) Subtle. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earnest. 2. She felt despondent after receiving the rejection letter from her dream job. What does the word 'despondent' mean? A) To make something continue forever. B) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. C) To find a solution or make a decision. D) Cannot be explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. 3. What word means someone who does something bad or wrong? A) Quell. B) Postpone. C) Scrutiny. D) Perpetrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perpetrator. 4. How did Hester support Pearl and herself? A) Working as a maid. B) Caring for the town children. C) Growing herbs. D) Her needlework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her needlework. 5. She was judged solely based on ..... , without ever being given a chance. A) Denounce. B) Intuitive. C) Prejudice. D) Beseech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prejudice. 6. Which statement best describes the narrator's intention in telling Hester's story? A) He wants to set the record straight with a definitive account of events. B) He wants to sensationalize her story and make it a bestselling story. C) He wants to compose a work that, while not factually accurate, preserves the spirit of her story. D) He wants to prove to his family how great of an author he is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to compose a work that, while not factually accurate, preserves the spirit of her story. 7. True of False:Dimmesdale and Hester plan to escape Boston by taking passage on a Merchant ship to Europe. A) True. B) False tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Dimmesdale is suffering pain in his chest due to his secret sin. A) No change. B) Chest, due. C) Chest; due. D) Pain, in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. 9. How has Roger Chillingworth changed physically in the novel? A) He seems to have grown taller. B) He looks more and more demonic. C) He wears a kind expression on his face. D) He places his hand over his heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He looks more and more demonic. 10. The ..... traveler trudged wearily through the desert, longing for a moment of rest. A) Scintillating. B) Listless. C) Predominant. D) Haggard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haggard. 11. Which of the following is NOT true about Chillingworth? A) He is pretending to be a physician. B) He is Hester's husband. C) He is the secret father of the baby. D) He is intent on revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is the secret father of the baby. 12. The ..... is typically found at the beginning of the story and includes the introduction to our characters. A) Falling Action. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 13. To infer; to predict; to guess A) Conjecture. B) Estrange. C) Expound. D) Appellation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjecture. 14. What does Dimmesdale's congregation think of him because he is so pale and sickly? A) They think he is a pitiful minister. B) They think he's saintly and kind. C) They think he's a horrible sinner. D) They think he's smart, but lame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They think he's saintly and kind. 15. The mutable nature of the software allows users to customize it according to their preferences. What does the word 'mutable' mean? A) Able to be changed or altered. B) To find a solution or make a decision. C) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. D) To care for and help something grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Able to be changed or altered. 16. Solemnity A) Seriousness. B) Severely. C) Gloomy. D) Dismal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seriousness. 17. What word means looking inside your mind and feelings? A) Ethereal. B) Abhor. C) Introspection. D) Expel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introspection. 18. The emotion Hester said she lacked during her marriage to Chillingworth. A) Fear. B) Excitement. C) Love. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 19. The form of punishment that both Scripture and the statute book WOULD HAVE allowed for Hester? A) Death. B) The letter "A". C) Jail. D) Public shaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 20. What word means very simple, serious, and without any luxuries? A) Undermine. B) Austere. C) Auspicious. D) Repulsive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austere. ← 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