The Scarlet Letter Quiz 72 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A monk is a(n)

Correct Answer: A) Ascetic.

2. The newspaper article contained ..... details of the crime scene.

Correct Answer: B) Lurid.

3. What does Pearl want Dimmesdale to do the next day at noon?

Correct Answer: C) Stand on the scaffold with them.

4. What did Pearl ask Mr. Dimmesdale?

Correct Answer: C) If he would stand hand in hand with her & Hester on the scaffold.

5. To hint; suggest

Correct Answer: D) Implied.

6. Meaning of the word ignominy:

Correct Answer: D) Public shame or disgrace.

7. How does Pearl's behavior change throughout the story?

Correct Answer: A) More independent and curious.

8. "For her sake-no less than for the child's-let us leave them as God has placed them."

Correct Answer: D) Reverend Dimmesdale.

9. How does Dimmesdale convince himself he should keep his sin a secret?

Correct Answer: A) He would no longer be able to help his parishoners otherwise.

10. The town elders instructed someone to question Hester and find out who the baby's father was. Who was that person?

Correct Answer: C) Reverend Dimmesdale.

11. Why did some of the townspeople want to take Pearl from Hester?

Correct Answer: B) They believed that Hester was not able to provide Pearl with the proper moral and religious upbringing.

12. What word means showing how things are different?

Correct Answer: A) Contrast.

13. She was so nervous that she became inarticulate and couldn't express her thoughts clearly. What does the word 'inarticulate' mean?

Correct Answer: D) Not able to speak clearly or express oneself.

14. Chillingworth argues that a person's body can't heal without .....

Correct Answer: B) Confessing his/her sins.

15. What word means friendly and easy to get along with?

Correct Answer: C) Amiable.

16. Commanding respect due to religious or historical reasons

Correct Answer: C) Venerable.

17. " ..... for the hatred that has transformed a wise and just man to a fiend! Wilt thou yet purge it out of thee, and be once more human?"

Correct Answer: A) Hester.

18. Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

19. She spoke with an ..... desire to make a positive impact.

Correct Answer: A) Earnest.

20. To predict; to prophesize

Correct Answer: B) Augured.