This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 91 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 91 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Members of the upper-class A) Gentility. B) Furrow. C) Impropriety. D) Lurid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gentility. 2. What is the symbolism of the scaffold in the Scarlet Letter? A) Public shame and punishment. B) A representation of love and forgiveness. C) A sign of honor and respect. D) A symbol of freedom and redemption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public shame and punishment. 3. After being called forth to address Hester, what does Reverend Dimmesdale demand that Hester do? A) Publicly reveal the identity of her baby's father. B) Protect the identity of her baby's father. C) Give her baby up for adoption for the child's own good. D) Tell him who the baby's father is in private. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect the identity of her baby's father. 4. Great enthusiasm A) Fervor. B) Impropriety. C) Autumnal. D) Behoove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fervor. 5. She tends to attribute her success to hard work and perseverance. What does the word 'attribute' mean? A) A characteristic or quality of something. B) To go together with someone or something. C) Very small or not easy to notice. D) To live or stay in a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A characteristic or quality of something. 6. Where does The Scarlet Letter take place? A) Boston. B) Concord. C) England. D) Omaha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston. 7. She is an ..... , always keeping her thoughts to herself. A) Forsake. B) Vivacious. C) Reproach. D) Enigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enigma. 8. A large, usually impressive building A) Evanescent. B) Scourged. C) Amenable. D) Edifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edifice. 9. What does Pearl do when she first sees her mother without the scarlet letter? A) She is excited for her mother. B) She convulses and screams. C) She runs away. D) She runs to hug her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She convulses and screams. 10. What reason does Governor Bellingham give Hester for wanting to take Pearl away? A) To give her a decent education. B) To shield her from shame. C) To teach her to be a proper lady. D) To save her soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To save her soul. 11. The author's work will be remembered by posterity for its profound impact on literature. What does the word 'posterity' mean? A) To tie or fasten something together. B) Not always the same or steady. C) A dangerous person who doesn't follow rules. D) Future generations or descendants of someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Future generations or descendants of someone. 12. A small stream A) Vivacity. B) Scrofula. C) Cadence. D) Streamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Streamlet. 13. WOTTEST A) Anything at all. B) A judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident, such as death. C) Second-person singular simple present form of wit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second-person singular simple present form of wit. 14. What word means to start or create something important? A) Edifice. B) Establish. C) Earnest. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establish. 15. Necromancer A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 16. What word means having a reputation for being notorious? A) Infamy. B) Manifest. C) Infer. D) Forthwith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infamy. 17. When Hester is pressured to reveal the name of her baby's father, she replies, A) "Mr. Prynne". B) "Never!". C) "I will tell you three days from today.". D) "He must reveal it himself.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Never!". 18. "She demanded to be taken up in arms; but was soon as imperious to be set down again ..... " Which of the following best defines imperious? A) Fearful. B) Regretting. C) Commanding. D) Whining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commanding. 19. The artist was asked to ..... on the inspiration behind his latest masterpiece. A) Exemplary. B) Comprised. C) Elaborate. D) Habitual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elaborate. 20. People wanted their children to play with Pearl. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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