This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does Hester name her daughter Pearl? A) Because of the great price she was born. B) Because of her luminous complexion resembling a pearl. C) Because it was her grandmother's name. D) Because of her enchanting personality similar to a precious gem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of the great price she was born. 2. He had to grovel and apologize to regain their trust. What does the word 'grovel' mean? A) To beg or plead with someone. B) A poet or singer in ancient times. C) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. D) To agree or go along with something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To beg or plead with someone. 3. The statement of being regretful for sinning A) Partition. B) Penitence. C) Pen pal. D) Pentagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penitence. 4. On the night that Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl, - A) A meteor signals God's forgiveness. B) Only Chillingworth sees them. C) He suggests that they all leave Boston. D) Hester urges him to free his soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only Chillingworth sees them. 5. Which word means the dedication to the service and worship of a god? A) Consecration. B) Portent. C) Haste. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consecration. 6. Why does Pearl pull Hester away from Dimmesdale and Chillingworth? A) She is frightened by Dimmesdale's pale appearance. B) She suspects Chillingworth is the devil. C) She wants to play in the forest. D) She is afraid Dimmesdale will make Hester sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She suspects Chillingworth is the devil. 7. When Reverend Wilson asks Pearl about the catechism, Pearl ..... A) Can only recite from The New England Primer. B) Begins speaking about the devil. C) Mischievously gives the wrong answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mischievously gives the wrong answer. 8. A crafty, intricate or secret plot, usually intended to achieve an evil purpose A) Beneficence. B) Choleric. C) Machinations. D) Vicissitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Machinations. 9. To satisfy fully A) Mollify. B) Satiate. C) Scintillate. D) Accost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satiate. 10. Who is the stranger in the crowd that Hester recognizes? A) Her husband, who has been away for two years. B) Her brother, who has been missing for a long time. C) Her father, who has disowned her for her sin. D) Her friend, who has betrayed her to the authorities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her husband, who has been away for two years. 11. What is the definition of 'foreboding'? A) A bright streak of light in the sky. B) A feeling that something bad might happen. C) Something that shows what might happen. D) To guess or make an educated guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A feeling that something bad might happen. 12. What did Hester swear to keep a secret seven years ago? A) The location of her treasure. B) The name of the baby's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The name of the baby's father. 13. What is the definition of 'delude'? A) Looking at something very closely and carefully. B) To give someone a special honor. C) Relating to the mother or motherhood. D) To make someone believe something false. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make someone believe something false. 14. Hawthorne completed The Scarlet Letter in what year? A) 1950. B) 1850. C) 1820. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850. 15. What does Pearl do to kids in town? A) She shuns them and throws stones. B) She befriends them and shares stories. C) She teases them whenever she sees them. D) She observes them from a distance, pondering life's lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She shuns them and throws stones. 16. What word means a ruler who has power and authority? A) Erratic. B) Sovereign. C) Principal. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sovereign. 17. Hester's letter was A) Made out of flowers. B) Embroidered with black thread. C) Plain. D) Embroidered with golden thread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embroidered with golden thread. 18. Hester never expected that ..... A) She would grow so attached to Pearl. B) Dimmesdale would love Pearl. C) Pearl would love Hester. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pearl would love Hester. 19. What is the significance of the forest in the story? A) Serve as a source of food and shelter for the characters. B) Act as a backdrop for the story without any specific significance. C) Symbolize the unknown, a place of danger and mystery. D) Represent a peaceful and serene environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolize the unknown, a place of danger and mystery. 20. The prison was located in ..... A) Boston. B) Nottingham. C) New York. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston. 21. Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd. A) Ostentatious. B) Pensively. C) Iniquity. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacious. 22. What is the definition of 'dispose'? A) Relating to ships, sailors, or the sea. B) Not willing to change or bend. C) To get rid of or throw away. D) Future generations or descendants of someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get rid of or throw away. 23. Hester takes a job sewing for the townspeople. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. Many of Hawthorne's works deal with ..... A) Guilt and Puritan moral code. B) Human rights and ethics. C) Communism and injustice. D) Institutional codes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guilt and Puritan moral code. 25. Years passed and people changed the way they thought about Hester. Now they ..... A) Refused her. B) Hated her. C) Welcomed her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Welcomed her. 26. How does the tone of the chapter contribute to the overall mood of the story? A) The tone of the chapter is solely for decorative purposes. B) The tone of the chapter contributes to the overall mood of the story by shaping the reader's emotional response and enhancing the storytelling. C) The tone of the chapter is irrelevant to the characters' development. D) The tone of the chapter has no impact on the overall mood of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tone of the chapter contributes to the overall mood of the story by shaping the reader's emotional response and enhancing the storytelling. 27. How old is Pearl at the beginning of the novel? A) Three months. B) Twelve months. C) Five years. D) Three years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three months. 28. Why did Hester stay in Boston? A) She had no money for ship passage. B) She felt she deserved punishment. C) Her parents still lived there. D) She wanted to be near Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She felt she deserved punishment. 29. "helpful inmate" A) Dimmesdale. B) Pearl. C) Hester. D) Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester. 30. The scarlet letter still has tremendous power over Hester, and she feels relief when she takes it off. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. The shocking news from the witness stand seemed to stupefy the courtroom. What does the word 'stupefy' mean? A) To think carefully and plan something. B) Deceitful behavior or double-dealing. C) Given or done for free. D) To make someone feel very confused or surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make someone feel very confused or surprised. 32. Worthy of reverence or respect A) Abate. B) Venerable. C) Demeanor. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venerable. 33. The church stood as a ..... place of worship. A) Accord. B) Hallowed. C) Comely. D) Recur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hallowed. 34. To conduct or behave A) Having substance and point. B) Astonished. C) Comport. D) Pithy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comport. 35. How do most people react to Hester as she stands on the scaffold? A) Sympathetically and with understanding. B) Sadly and apologetically. C) Self-righteously and viciously. D) Angrily and with jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-righteously and viciously. 36. By the end of Chapter 15, it has been 10 years since Hester received the scarlet letter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. "As to any other kind of discipline, whether addressed to her mind or heart, little Pearl might nor might not be within its reach, in accordance with the caprice that ruled the moment." Which of the following best defines caprice? A) Intention. B) Attitude. C) Impulse. D) Nightmare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impulse. 38. The ..... es sought refuge in a nearby shelter. A) Refuge. B) Infernal. C) Temperament. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refuge. 39. Why do you think Reverend Dimmesdale spent so much time reading the Bible and writing sermons? A) He was probably in love with Hester and wanted to prove that he was good person. B) He was probably seeking forgiveness from God because of the guilt he was feeling. C) He probably wanted the townspeople to know what a saint he was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was probably seeking forgiveness from God because of the guilt he was feeling. 40. What is the definition of 'embodiment'? A) Being represented by a physical form. B) To show or make something clear. C) To make up for a mistake. D) To insert or say something in between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being represented by a physical form. 41. The novels protagonist who has committed adultery and must wear the letter "A" A) Pearl. B) Miss Hibbins. C) Hester. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester. 42. What does Chillingworth make Hester promise? A) Not to reveal his true identity (being her husband). B) To tell him who the father is. C) Never to leave Boston. D) To give up her baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not to reveal his true identity (being her husband). 43. Expression through gestures A) Progenitors. B) Gesticulation. C) Caprice. D) Emoluments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gesticulation. 44. A person's mood or state of mind A) Physiognomies. B) Mien. C) Paramour. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mien. 45. How do the townspeople perceive Pearl? A) As the physical embodiment of sin. B) As a symbol of hope and redemption. C) As a gifted and intelligent child. D) As a harmless and misunderstood child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the physical embodiment of sin. 46. Of an esoteric doctrine or mysterious art A) Indefeasible. B) Tome. C) Adduced. D) Cabalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cabalistic. 47. What word means to make someone leave or kick out? A) Expel. B) Antipathy. C) Abhor. D) Defile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expel. 48. The two countries reached an ..... on trade agreements. A) Venerable. B) Accord. C) Earnest. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accord. 49. The grand ..... stood tall and majestic in the heart of the city. A) Establish. B) Dwell. C) Edifice. D) Earnest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edifice. 50. It's best not to ..... in other people's affairs. A) Secluded. B) Momentous. C) Meddle. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meddle. 51. Who did Hester Prynne meet in her prison cell in chapter 4? A) Roger Chillingworth. B) Reverend Dimmesdale. C) The govenor. D) A townswoman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger Chillingworth. 52. Character who said he could tell who Pearl's father is by analyzing her face? A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) The devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Chillingworth. 53. Hester Prynne, by standards of her day, would have been considered an attractive woman. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. Once the decision is made, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed. What does the word 'irrevocable' mean? A) To bring under control or conquer. B) Negative beliefs or judgments about someone. C) A strong fortress or castle. D) Something that cannot be changed or taken back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that cannot be changed or taken back. 55. She stared into the ..... with a mix of fear and awe. A) Perpetuate. B) Deceive. C) Resolve. D) Abyss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abyss. 56. She worked with the utmost precision to complete the project on time. What does the word 'utmost' mean? A) Happening without planning or preparation. B) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. C) The highest or greatest level of something. D) Clever and smart in making decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The highest or greatest level of something. 57. What did the people see when Mr. Dimmesdale took of his shirt? A) Nothing; whatever he thought was there did not exist. B) An imprint matching Hester's "A". C) The Eye of God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An imprint matching Hester's "A". 58. She was able to ..... great pleasure from reading. A) Refuge. B) Momentous. C) Temperament. D) Derive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derive. 59. She tends to ..... her success to hard work and perseverance. A) Attribute. B) Subtle. C) Earnest. D) Dwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attribute. 60. True or False:At the end of the novel, we find out that Dimmesdale dies. A) True. B) False. 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