This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 70 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who dies in this section of the novel? A) Chillingsworth. B) Governor John Winthrop. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Governor John Winthrop. 2. Why does Hester dress Pearl in such fancy clothes? A) Pearl is like a living scarlet letter to Hester so she dresses her similarly to the A she wears. B) Pearl is a beautiful little girl and so Hester believes she should be decorated to show off her beauty. C) Pearl is her only child and Hester treats her like a living doll. D) Hester wants to show off Pearl to the townspeople who think she can't properly raise her daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl is like a living scarlet letter to Hester so she dresses her similarly to the A she wears. 3. How is Dimmesdale's guilt revealed in Chapter 17 of The Scarlet Letter? A) Seeking forgiveness from Hester. B) Becoming reclusive and isolated. C) Public confession and humiliation. D) Physical deterioration and self-inflicted punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical deterioration and self-inflicted punishment. 4. What illuminates the scaffold scene where Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl are brought together? A) A lantern. B) A fire. C) A meteor. D) A torch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A meteor. 5. "I freely forgive you now. May God forgive us both! We are not ..... the worst sinners in the world." A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 6. What does the narrator find in the second story of the Custom House? A) A scarlet rag of cloth in the shape of an 'A'. B) A black rag of cloth in the shape of an 'A'. C) The tale of Hester Prynne's life. D) Moths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A scarlet rag of cloth in the shape of an 'A'. 7. Why does the narrator suggest that Dimmesdale doesn't suspect Chillingworth of anything? A) With a sick heart, Dimmesdale is suspicious of everything and no longer trusts himself to recognize an enemy. B) With a healthy heart, Dimmesdale trusts everyone equally. C) With a sick heart, Dimmesdale refuses to be suspicious of anyone. D) With a healthy heart, Dimmesdale feels no ill will towards anyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a sick heart, Dimmesdale is suspicious of everything and no longer trusts himself to recognize an enemy. 8. Existing outside of nature; abnormal A) Heathen. B) Talisman. C) Malevolent. D) Preternatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preternatural. 9. Pearl seems to be the ..... in another form. A) Devil. B) Rose bush. C) Scarlet letter. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarlet letter. 10. Pearl started screaming because she saw ..... A) Reverend with her mother. B) Hester without the Scarlet letter. C) She had hurt one of the birds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hester without the Scarlet letter. 11. What word means a series of hits or shots? A) Gratuitous. B) Stupefy. C) Volley. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volley. 12. What word means cannot be explained? A) Despondent. B) Nurture. C) Resolve. D) Inexplicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inexplicable. 13. ..... was in the old wooden box with the papers? A) Who. B) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 14. The scarlet letter enhances Hester's beauty. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What reason does Pearl give for why the reverend keeps his hand over his heart? A) Because he has a secret. B) Because it is cold. C) Because he is praying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he has a secret. 16. What becomes of Roger Chillingworth? A) He mysteriously disappears. B) He returns to Europe alone. C) He returns to Europe with Hester and Pearl. D) He withers and dies within a year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He withers and dies within a year. 17. What happens in Hester's encounter with Chillingworth in Chapter 15 of The Scarlet Letter? A) Hester and Chillingworth have a friendly conversation and decide to become allies. B) Hester meets Chillingworth in the forest and learns about his revenge plans against Dimmesdale. C) Hester confronts Chillingworth about his true identity and demands that he leave town. D) Hester and Chillingworth have a romantic encounter and plan to run away together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hester meets Chillingworth in the forest and learns about his revenge plans against Dimmesdale. 18. He was small in stature, with a furrowed visage which, as yet, could hardly be termed aged. Here the word visage means A) Mind. B) Visor. C) Face. D) Hood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Face. 19. The ..... ruler governed the nation with absolute authority. A) Erratic. B) Compassion. C) Sovereign. D) Undulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sovereign. 20. When Hester is refused entry into to the mansion, how does she react? What does the doorman do because of Hester's response? A) Hester insists that she will enter the mansion., and the doorman allows her to enter. B) She yells and screams, and the doorman has her removed from the mansion. C) Hester goes away quietly, and the doorman calls her back to enter. D) Hester cries, and the doorman closes the door in her face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester insists that she will enter the mansion., and the doorman allows her to enter. ← 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