This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "In the two years she has been here, no word has come of her husband!" A) Dr. Chillingworth. B) A townsman. C) Reverend Wilson. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A townsman. 2. What word best describes Roger Chillingworth in chapter 9? A) Doctor. B) True friend. C) Hypocrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypocrite. 3. What does the word "iniquity" mean? A) Wickedness. B) Appearance; aspect. C) To destroy the self-confidence of. D) Extremely or purposefully conspicuous usually because of uncommon objectionable evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wickedness. 4. She traced her family's lineage back several generations. What does the word 'lineage' mean? A) To make something shiny or smooth. B) Someone who is running away from something or someone. C) The family line you come from. D) To calm or make someone peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The family line you come from. 5. Emolument A) Income; salary. B) A con man or charlatan. C) Deserved punishment. D) The meaning, content, or intention of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Income; salary. 6. What word means extreme wickedness or moral corruption? A) Spontaneous. B) Comely. C) Illustrate. D) Depravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Depravity. 7. What is the definition of 'deception'? A) To satisfy completely or fully. B) A spooky ghost or phantom. C) To trick or make someone believe something false. D) To make something sacred or special. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To trick or make someone believe something false. 8. What is the name of Hester Prynne's daughter? A) Charlotte. B) Emily. C) Pearl. D) Sophia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pearl. 9. What does Chillingworth suggest about the real meaning of the strange plants growing on a grave? A) That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart. B) They are poisonous and Satanic. C) That they are meant as a signal from someone who wishes Dimmesdale harm. D) That their strange beauty is a result of the divine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart. 10. According to Chillingworth, who does he think has made Dimmesdale suffer? A) Hester. B) Pearl. C) The Devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Devil. 11. The setting for The Scarlet Letter is ..... A) Boston, Massachusetts. B) Birmingham, Alabama. C) England. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston, Massachusetts. 12. What word means a puzzle or mystery that is confusing? A) Enigma. B) Approach. C) Chaos. D) Blight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enigma. 13. Something that haunts or perturbs the mind A) Contiguity. B) Spectre. C) Misanthropy. D) Cadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spectre. 14. One who wields controlling power A) Potentate. B) Steed. C) Wormwood. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potentate. 15. She received ..... praise for her outstanding performance in the play. A) Effervescent. B) Profuse. C) Nautical. D) Consternation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profuse. 16. They formed a strong bond over their shared experiences. What does the word 'bond' mean? A) Happening or existing in the same time period. B) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. C) A strong connection or relationship between people. D) To agree or make an agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strong connection or relationship between people. 17. The one who is "worse than even the polluted priest, " who "violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart." A) Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. C) Pearl. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chillingworth. 18. Lacking in substance or desirable qualities A) Throng. B) Sepulchre. C) Meager. D) Tribunal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meager. 19. Existence A) Subsistence. B) Eminence. C) Plebeian. D) Indefeasible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence. 20. What is the general attitude of the women standing around the scaffold towards Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) Sympathetic. B) Indifferent. C) Admiring. D) Judgmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Judgmental. ← 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 9The Scarlet Letter Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books