This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which symbol of God's love/hope embraces Hester in chapter 18? A) Dimmesdale. B) Sunlight. C) Pearl. D) The forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 2. True or False:Hester makes beautiful clothes for both her and Pearl, her daughter. A) True, she does. B) False, she says they both need to wear rags. C) False, she dresses her baby in beautiful clothes, but she wears very plain clothes with her only decoration being the A. D) False, they go shopping at Wal-Mart to shop the clearance racks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False, she dresses her baby in beautiful clothes, but she wears very plain clothes with her only decoration being the A. 3. What does Rev. Dimmesdale's congregation think of him? A) They think he is practically a saint. B) They think he is a horrible sinner. C) They think he is a weak man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They think he is practically a saint. 4. To make amends for sin A) Atonement. B) Attitude. C) Aptitude. D) Argyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atonement. 5. A tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality A) Caprice. B) Delve. C) Efficacy. D) Epoch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caprice. 6. What does the A represent? A) Absent. B) Adulterer. C) Abandon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulterer. 7. A state of affairs that makes urgent demands A) Epoch. B) Requirement. C) Mutability. D) Ludicrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requirement. 8. Who became Reverend Dimmesdale's doctor? A) Horses Prynne. B) The governor. C) The town's doctor. D) Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roger Chillingworth. 9. Ch. 5 How does Hester support herself and Pearl? A) Engaging in "the oldest profession". B) Through her skill as a seamstress. C) Marrying a wealthy man. D) Growing a garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through her skill as a seamstress. 10. Hester had many friends who appreciated her work as a seamstress. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Why does Hester choose the name Pearl? A) Pearl is cold and haughty. B) Pearl sparkles in the sunlight b/c she is a vampire. C) Pearl is pale and beautiful. D) Pearl was bought at a great price. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl was bought at a great price. 12. Propinquity A) Manner; appearance. B) Skill; adroitness. C) Rhythm. D) Kinship; nearness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinship; nearness. 13. Hester had married ..... A) A much older man. B) A friend. C) A younger man. D) A man the same age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A much older man. 14. The speaker's accent made it difficult for her words to be ..... to the audience. A) Inexplicable. B) Labyrinth. C) Intelligible. D) Correspond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligible. 15. What is the punishment Hester Prynne receives for her adultery in The Scarlet Letter? A) Imprisonment. B) Public Shaming. C) Death Penalty. D) Exile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public Shaming. 16. What is the definition of 'comprised'? A) Very knowledgeable and smart. B) Made up. C) A friendly and warm greeting or attitude. D) Something you do often or regularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made up. 17. When the gentlemen are ready to take Pearl from Hester, who stands up for Hester? A) Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. C) No one. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimmesdale. 18. Who wrote the novel, The Scarlet Letter? A) Heather Dixson. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Nathaniel Hawthorne. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 19. Extremely bad reputation; Notoriety due to a shocking action A) Infamy. B) Inure. C) Sojourn. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infamy. 20. Identify and explain the symbolism of the scarlet letter 'A' in the text. A) The scarlet letter 'A' symbolizes love and forgiveness. B) The scarlet letter 'A' symbolizes wealth and prosperity. C) The scarlet letter 'A' symbolizes honesty and integrity. D) The scarlet letter 'A' symbolizes adultery and public shaming, as well as Hester Prynne's strength and resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scarlet letter 'A' symbolizes adultery and public shaming, as well as Hester Prynne's strength and resilience. ← 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