The Scarlet Letter Quiz 80 (20 MCQs)

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1. What word means to publicly express strong disapproval of something?

Correct Answer: D) Denounce.

2. What strange act does Pearl do towards Dimmesdale?

Correct Answer: A) She puts her face in Dimmesdale's hands.

3. Based on this, does Hawthorne believe that salvation comes through work or faith?

Correct Answer: B) Faith.

4. Who in the story ..... ? Gave the Election Sermon.

Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale.

5. "My mother picked me from a bush of wild roses."

Correct Answer: B) Pearl.

6. How does Hester clothe Pearl?

Correct Answer: A) In bright, fancy red dresses.

7. What did Chillingworth say he asked the judges about Hester?

Correct Answer: A) If she could stop wearing the scarlet letter.

8. What is the purpose of the rosebush next to the prison door?

Correct Answer: A) To remind the condemned of Nature's kindness.

9. Wrinkle; groove

Correct Answer: A) Furrow.

10. She has sinned and must wear the letter "A."

Correct Answer: A) Hester Prynne.

11. What "sign" did the meteor make in the sky?

Correct Answer: B) The letter "A".

12. Hawthorne also tells us that Hester's physical appearance has changed because:

Correct Answer: C) She has nothing in her face for love to dwell upon.

13. What is the first thing that Mr. Wilson ask Pearl, and what is her response?

Correct Answer: A) Who are you? I am my mother's child.

14. A deep-seated feeling or dislike; aversion.

Correct Answer: D) Antipathy.

15. What word means disrespectful or offensive language or behavior towards God or something considered sacred?

Correct Answer: D) Blasphemy.

16. What does Pearl ask Dimmesdale when he, Hester, and she accidentally meet on the scaffold at midnight?

Correct Answer: C) If he would stand hand in hand with her and Hester at midday.

17. The photograph ..... s feelings of nostalgia.

Correct Answer: D) Evoke.

18. What is the definition of 'analogy'?

Correct Answer: D) A comparison to show similarities between things.

19. Visage

Correct Answer: B) Face.

20. Once all of the officials have entered the marketplace, who reveals that Dimmesdale carries the Black Man's mark?

Correct Answer: D) Mistress Hibbins.