This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 78 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. His ignominious defeat left him in a state of embarrassment and shame. What does the word 'ignominious' mean? A) Not easy to notice or understand. B) Changed to fit a new situation. C) To create or make something, like music. D) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. 2. Hester Prynne becomes a master ..... A) Cook. B) Nurse wife. C) Seamstress. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seamstress. 3. What interrupts Dimmesdale's and Chilligworth's intense conversation? A) A rapping at the door. B) Hester screaming. C) Pearl's laughter. D) A clap of thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pearl's laughter. 4. What word means changing your mind or behavior frequently? A) Perverse. B) Capricious. C) Deceive. D) Query. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capricious. 5. Chillingworth swears that he will find out A) Why Hester never loved him. B) Why she cheated on him. C) Who the father of the baby is. D) How she survived all these years on her own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who the father of the baby is. 6. What do the ministers and magistrates determine should be Hester's official punishment? A) Wear the "A" until the father is revealed. B) Isolation. C) Death. D) Wear the "A" for the rest of her natural life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear the "A" for the rest of her natural life. 7. Ch. 5 What is one way in which the Puritan's interactions with Hester reveal their hypocrisy? A) They publically forgive Hester for her sin but still refuse to employ her as a seamstress. B) They refuse to forgive Hester for her sin or to associate with her in any way. C) They're willing to benefit from Hester's work as a seamstress while shunning her personally. D) They condemn Hester's work as a seamstress while asking for her help in other areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're willing to benefit from Hester's work as a seamstress while shunning her personally. 8. Most stories have ..... or a solution to the main problem including a reasonable ending. A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 9. She faced the challenges with unwavering ..... A) Compassion. B) Fortitude. C) Audacious. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortitude. 10. Who is Pearls father? A) Chillingswoth. B) Dimmesdale. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 11. What object is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept? A) And rosebush. B) A pine tree. C) The pillory. D) A graveyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And rosebush. 12. What is the definition of 'compassion'? A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. B) Strong feeling of sadness or sympathy. C) The person in charge of a school. D) Empty, sad, and feeling very alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. 13. As Hester and Pearl walk in the forest, what seems to be running away from Hester? A) Tree leaves. B) Sun beams. C) Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun beams. 14. What word means having a strong and unpleasant smell? A) Chaos. B) Deleterious. C) Acrid. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acrid. 15. To give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to A) Requite. B) Enshrined. C) Gild. D) Irrefragable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gild. 16. In Chapter 5, how was Hester treated in town? A) She was ignored by the women in town. B) Clergymen often made her the subject of their sermons, and those she helped scorned her. C) She was shunned by the town, but her infant daughter was well accepted. D) She was shunned by the town, and the Clergymen begged the town to forgive her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clergymen often made her the subject of their sermons, and those she helped scorned her. 17. What is the BEST answer to describe "revenge" ? A) Showing kindness to someone. B) Deceiving someone. C) Paying evil for evil. D) Paying good for good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paying evil for evil. 18. What is the definition of 'forsake'? A) A state of total confusion and disorder. B) To create or come up with a plan. C) A disease that harms plants or crops. D) To leave or abandon someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To leave or abandon someone or something. 19. Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment A) Ludicrous. B) Extant. C) Sagacity. D) Expatriating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 20. Who was cruel and revengeful? A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Hester. C) Roller Chillingworth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roller Chillingworth. ← 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