This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 88 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 88 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the relationship between Hester and Chillingworth? A) They are divorced. B) They are married, but have been apart. C) They married recently. D) They are in love but can't be together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are married, but have been apart. 2. The idea of driving a submarine to work every day is ..... A) Intrinsic. B) Chronicle. C) Dispute. D) Ludicrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ludicrous. 3. Hester supports herself and Pearl primarily through A) Gathering nuts and food in the forest. B) Making medicine from wild herbs. C) Doing whatever work she can get. D) Sewing garments for townspeople. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sewing garments for townspeople. 4. During which period of literature did Nathaniel Hawthorne write? A) Post Modern. B) Renaissance. C) Romantic. D) Realist tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.10The Scarlet Letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic. 5. A beloved person A) Paramour. B) Beadle. C) Quaff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paramour. 6. The rose outside the prison symbolizes A) Hester's daughter. B) Adultery. C) Human frailty. D) Potential good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potential good. 7. What word means not straight or not lined up correctly? A) Foreboding. B) Askew. C) Admonish. D) Conjecture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Askew. 8. She had to adapt to the new working environment. What does the word 'adapt' mean? A) Changed to fit a new situation. B) To go together with someone or something. C) To change to fit different situations. D) An agreement or harmony between people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To change to fit different situations. 9. Hester Prynne will not reveal her ..... to the Puritan leaders because she wanted protect his identity. A) Paramour. B) Iniquity. C) Ascetic. D) Lurid. E) Meagre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paramour. 10. The doctor reassured his patient of the efficacy of the medication. What does the word 'efficacy' mean? A) The ability to get desired results. B) Love that is not returned. C) A strong band that connects bones. D) To give someone a special honor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to get desired results. 11. What does Dimmesdale say he prefers to Chillingworth's medicines? A) Sleep. B) Prayer. C) Herbs. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 12. Pearl is asked by Mr. Wilson, "Canst thou tell me child, who made thee?" What does Pearl respond? A) "My Heavenly Father, kind sir.". B) She simply stares at him in a demonic way. C) She says that her mother plucked her from the rose bush. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She says that her mother plucked her from the rose bush. 13. The buffet was replete with a variety of delicious dishes. What does the word 'replete' mean? A) Up until now. B) A feeling that something bad might happen. C) To give a warning or scold someone. D) Completely filled or abundantly supplied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Completely filled or abundantly supplied. 14. They were kind to us, so we decided to reciprocate the favor. What does the word 'reciprocate' mean? A) To come closer to something or someone. B) To do something nice in return. C) Being rude or behaving badly. D) Harmful or causing damage to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To do something nice in return. 15. The CEO spoke with an ..... tone, demanding immediate action. A) Imperious. B) Daunt. C) Analogy. D) Fugitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperious. 16. What effect does Dimmesdale's vigil have on his career? A) His vigils make him a better preacher. B) Because of his lack of sleep, Dimmesdale often falls asleep waiting for the praise band to finish. C) His vigils fill him with such guilt that he resigns his position. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His vigils make him a better preacher. 17. "I have often shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust ..... " A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 18. What is the definition of 'reprove'? A) To happen again or repeatedly. B) To tell someone they did something wrong. C) Something old-fashioned or outdated. D) Happening without planning or preparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell someone they did something wrong. 19. What buildings does this new colony of Puritans build first? A) Hospital and cemetery. B) Cemetery and prison. C) Prison and church. D) Church and hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cemetery and prison. 20. What word means to delay or put off for later? A) Compose. B) Postpone. C) Ligament. D) Unrequited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Postpone. ← 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