This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 66 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are physiognomies? A) Facts and figures. B) Physics and science. C) Faces and features. D) Space and future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faces and features. 2. It's best not to meddle in other people's affairs. What does the word 'meddle' mean? A) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. B) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. C) Away from others, hidden or private. D) To grow or take care of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. 3. In Chapter 3, what is the symbolic significance of Roger Chillingworth's name? A) It indicates his interest in medicinal herbs and remedies. B) It represents his commitment to the Puritan religious code. C) It symbolizes his fascination with the supernatural. D) It reflects his cold and heartless nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It reflects his cold and heartless nature. 4. How does the narrator describe Chillingworth as he stands in the crowd? A) Short, intelligent-looking, and somewhat deformed. B) Tall, confident, and athletic-looking. C) Handsome and friendly with a kind face. D) Quiet and shy with thick spectacles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short, intelligent-looking, and somewhat deformed. 5. In Chapter 21, what is "The New England Holiday" that is being celebrated? A) Thanksgiving. B) The election of a new governor of the colony. C) The election of a new minister of the town. D) The end of the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The election of a new governor of the colony. 6. What word means a variety or differences among people? A) Breadth. B) Vista. C) Pacify. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diversity. 7. She had the audacious idea to start her own business, despite the risks. What does the word 'audacious' mean? A) The person in charge of a school. B) Very bold or daring, not afraid. C) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds. D) Lost in thought and not paying attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very bold or daring, not afraid. 8. What does the clergyman ask to test Pearl's upbringing? A) Where is her father. B) Who is her creator. C) Where she was born. D) Who is her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is her creator. 9. Pearl is the living embodiment of the scarlet letter. This is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 10. What word means to burn or scorch something? A) Sear. B) Pilgrim. C) Intangible. D) Condemn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sear. 11. Bold and outspoken A) Ponderous. B) Congenial. C) Venerable. D) Panoply. E) Brazen. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Brazen. 12. The belief that the character of a person can be perceived through their facial features A) Venerable. B) Physiognomy. C) Transgressor. D) Gallows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiognomy. 13. What is the definition of 'penitent'? A) To turn a liquid into a gas. B) To burn or scorch something. C) Feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing. D) A punishment you give to yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing. 14. Who wrote The Scarlet Letter? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) John Hathorn. D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 15. Why does Dimmesdale run out of the room at the end of his conversation on sin with Chillingworth? A) He needs to make an urgent call. B) He wants to make Chilingworth angry. C) He is afraid he'll hit Chillingworth. D) He's afraid he'll confess his secret sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's afraid he'll confess his secret sin. 16. To utter meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children; babble A) Colloquy. B) Mollified. C) Vivacity. D) Prattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prattle. 17. The media's sensationalism ..... s fear and panic among the public. A) Evoke. B) Perpetuate. C) Despondent. D) Intelligible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpetuate. 18. "Between thee and me, the scale hangs fairly balanced." A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth. 19. Which of the following is NOT a central idea in The Scarlet Letter? A) Puritans were guided by a set of laws they borrowed from Greek philosophy. B) The Puritans combined religion and law. C) The Puritans believed in strict, often public forms of punishment, such has humiliation and isolation. D) Most Puritans sincerely want to make up for their sins and form a covenant with God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puritans were guided by a set of laws they borrowed from Greek philosophy. 20. What does the scarlet letter 'A' symbolize in the novel? A) Anger. B) Adventure. C) Adultery. D) Acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adultery. ← 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