This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ligament in her knee was torn during the game. What does the word 'ligament' mean? A) A strong band that connects bones. B) Getting back at someone who hurt you. C) Looking at something very closely and carefully. D) Someone who does something bad or wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A strong band that connects bones. 2. Collection A) Ponderous. B) Congenial. C) Venerable. D) Panoply. E) Brazen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Panoply. 3. Identify the speaker: "Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee." A) Hester Prynne. B) Arthur Dimmesdale. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Mistress Hibbons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester Prynne. 4. Hester tries to convince Dimmesdale to do what during their walk in the woods? A) To run away and live elsewhere. B) To get rid of Chillingworth. C) To marry her. D) To adopt Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To run away and live elsewhere. 5. What is the definition of 'emaciated'? A) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. B) Happening without planning or preparation. C) Clever and smart in making decisions. D) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. 6. To make return for; repay A) Enshrined. B) Barter. C) Requite. D) Probity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Requite. 7. All of these are examples of a leech EXCEPT: A) A blood sucking animal. B) Someone who mooches rides from you without reciprocating. C) A person who offers to buy you dinner after you drive them home. D) Someone who takes advice but never gives any. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who offers to buy you dinner after you drive them home. 8. It was a ..... occasion when she received her college acceptance letter. A) Meddle. B) Secluded. C) Momentous. D) Temperament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Momentous. 9. What is the definition of 'defile'? A) To make something dirty or impure. B) Something that is hidden or undeveloped. C) A feeling that something will happen. D) A special ceremony to welcome into religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make something dirty or impure. 10. What is the definition of 'infusion'? A) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. B) A poisonous substance produced by animals. C) Adding flavors or colors into liquid. D) A really bad and disastrous event. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adding flavors or colors into liquid. 11. The two countries reached an accord on trade agreements. What does the word 'accord' mean? A) To live or stay in a place. B) An agreement or harmony between people. C) Changed to fit a new situation. D) A characteristic or quality of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An agreement or harmony between people. 12. What plan do Hester and Dimmesdale make while in the woods? A) They plan to leave the colony together. B) They plan to blackmail Chillingsworth. C) Dimmesdale plans to adopt Pearl. D) Hester and Dimmesdale plan to move in together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They plan to leave the colony together. 13. They decided to postpone the meeting until next week. What does the word 'postpone' mean? A) To delay or put off for later. B) To come near or get closer to something. C) To make someone believe something false. D) A place where an animal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To delay or put off for later. 14. What word means the time between daylight and darkness? A) Twilight. B) Manifest. C) Luxuriant. D) Crumbling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twilight. 15. Who is the protagonist of the Scarlet Letter? A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Hester Prynne. D) Pearl Prynne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester Prynne. 16. She used duplicity to deceive her friends. What does the word 'duplicity' mean? A) Deceitful behavior or double-dealing. B) Short and full of meaning or wisdom. C) To make someone feel very confused or surprised. D) Lower or less important or of lower quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deceitful behavior or double-dealing. 17. What was the setting of theScarlet Letter? A) It takes place at the end of the 17th century in Boston in a Protestant society. B) It takes place at the end of the 17th century in Boston in a Puritan society. C) It takes place at the end of the 18th century in Boston in a Catholic society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It takes place at the end of the 17th century in Boston in a Puritan society. 18. Ch. 6 What does Pearl innately sense is linked to her and Hester's rejection by society? A) Hester's rigid moral values. B) Hester's tattered clothing. C) Hester's scarlet letter. D) Hester's obsession with nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester's scarlet letter. 19. Phantasmagoric (Miss Ricci's favorite word) means ..... A) Dreamlike, surreal. B) Magical. C) Lurid. D) Fabulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreamlike, surreal. 20. Who is Hester Prynne? Select the BEST answer. A) Hester is a towns person who lives near the jail. B) Hester is a towns person who knows the judge. C) Hester is a towns person who was put in jail for committing adultery. D) Hester is a mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester is a towns person who was put in jail for committing 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