This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the main character in the Scarlet Letter? A) Atticus Finch. B) Jane Eyre. C) Elizabeth Bennet. D) Hester Prynne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester Prynne. 2. What did the townspeople now believe that Hester's scarlet "A" meant due to the change in their opinion of her? A) Adultery. B) Able. C) Avarice. D) Anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Able. 3. An allusion is made to what religious leader-banished because of beliefs? A) Isaac Lot. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) George Washington. D) Ann Hutchinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ann Hutchinson. 4. The year in which Hawthorne published the novel: A) 1642. B) 1764. C) 1850. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1850. 5. What is the definition of 'dispute'? A) A view, especially a wide one. B) A variety or differences among people. C) To think carefully before making a decision. D) To argue or disagree about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To argue or disagree about something. 6. They decided to ..... the meeting until next week. A) Postpone. B) Unrequited. C) Scrutiny. D) Compose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postpone. 7. What role does the scaffold play in the novel? A) Symbol of public shame and punishment. B) Symbol of secrecy and hidden truths. C) Symbol of social status and wealth. D) Symbol of redemption and forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol of public shame and punishment. 8. In existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost A) Sagacity. B) Caprice. C) Epoch. D) Extant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extant. 9. (Pg. 187) Who was at fault for the estrangement between Hester and Pearl? A) Hester. B) Pearl. C) Master Dimmesdale. D) Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester. 10. An irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened person A) Big. B) Pithy. C) Heathen. D) Potentate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heathen. 11. Who tries to tempt Rev. Dimmesdale to meet with the devil in the woods? A) Pearl. B) Hester. C) Dr. Chillingworth. D) Governor Billingham. E) Mistress Hibbins. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mistress Hibbins. 12. Despite the odds, determination and perseverance prevailed in the face of adversity. What does the word 'prevail' mean? A) To grow or take care of plants. B) A person's general attitude or mood. C) To win or succeed in a competition. D) Away from others, hidden or private. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To win or succeed in a competition. 13. When Chillingworth goes to Hester after she has been on the scaffold, A) He tries to poison her, but not her child. B) She refuses to let him help her or the child. C) She is deeply agitated from her ordeal and from seeing him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is deeply agitated from her ordeal and from seeing him. 14. When Dimmesdale asks Hester to reveal who Chillingworth is, she responds: A) Nothing (says nothing). B) I do not know. C) Your doctor. D) My husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing (says nothing). 15. Chillingworth wanted to travel with Hester and the Reverend on the same ship as them to Bristol A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. How does Hester react to the news that the magistrates are considering releasing her from her sentence? A) She openly cries tears of joy. B) She is stoic; the years of isolation have destroyed her ability to feel happiness. C) She says that it is not up to them to remove the letter. D) She begs for the magistrates to hurry their decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She says that it is not up to them to remove the letter. 17. How is Hester treated after the 7 year time gap in the novel? A) She is asked to open a larger shop but she refuses. B) She interacts with the Puritans but they still do not like her. C) She is isolated outside of the colony limits. D) She is well-respected for her compassion to the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is well-respected for her compassion to the poor. 18. What word means to give up or let go? A) Relinquish. B) Chronicle. C) Pacify. D) Daunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relinquish. 19. What shocks Hester about Chillingworth's appearance after she sees him at the governor's mansion? A) He appears healthier and not as mishapen. B) He is smiling and congenial. C) He, like the minsister, appears ill and sick. D) His appearance has grown more malevolent (evil) and uglier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His appearance has grown more malevolent (evil) and uglier. 20. What device did Hawthorne use to explain the previous events that began the story of Hester leaving the jail? A) The local newspaper printed the events that resulted in Hester's shame. B) A townsman explained Hester's situation to a questioning stranger. C) Hester sobbed out her story as she left the prison. D) The baby's father confessed the story as Hester stood on the scaffold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A townsman explained Hester's situation to a questioning stranger. ← 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