This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The company strictly enforces ..... with safety regulations. A) Compliance. B) Principal. C) Audacious. D) Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compliance. 2. True/ False:A scaffold was used to punish criminals by public humiliation and/or execution. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. She showed great compassion towards the homeless man, offering him a warm meal and a place to stay. What does the word 'compassion' mean? A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. B) A strong and violent storm with wind. C) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds. D) Lost in thought and not paying attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. 4. Her ..... remark summed up the entire argument. A) Reputed. B) Pithy. C) Gospel. D) Deliberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pithy. 5. Pearl is considered to be the living embodiment of the scarlet letter. This is an example of what? A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. E) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 6. "civilized and savage" A) Dimmesdale. B) Hester. C) Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth. 7. She made ..... decisions, often changing her mind without warning. A) Perverse. B) Reflection. C) Capricious. D) Accompany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capricious. 8. The movie's tragic ending evoked a strong sense of ..... in the audience. A) Fortitude. B) Pathos. C) Progressive. D) Sovereign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 9. What word means to grow or take care of plants? A) Cultivate. B) Eloquent. C) Derive. D) Momentous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultivate. 10. What question(s) does Pearl keep repeating to her mother in Chapter 15? A) Why does the minister hold his hand over his heart?. B) What does the letter mean?. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 11. Which of the following does NOT describe Hester's grave? A) It is next to Dimmesdale's sunken grave with a space separating them. B) There is only 1 slate tombstone for Hester and Dimmesdale. C) There is an inscription on the tombstone referring to the red "A.". D) There is no tombstone marking either Hester's or Dimmesdale's grave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no tombstone marking either Hester's or Dimmesdale's grave. 12. What word means to make it harder to do something? A) Undermine. B) Infusion. C) Negative. D) Impede. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impede. 13. She is known for her calm ..... in high-pressure situations. A) Contemporary. B) Bond. C) Refuge. D) Temperament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperament. 14. The meanings of some ancient symbols are still obscure to scholars. What does the word 'obscure' mean? A) Not clear or easy to understand. B) The bouncing back of light or sound. C) Changed to fit a new situation. D) Not easy to notice or understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not clear or easy to understand. 15. What word means good news about Jesus and God's love? A) Blasphemy. B) Gospel. C) Volley. D) Duplicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gospel. 16. When in the forest, it disappeared when Hester tried to touch it? A) An angel. B) The scarlet letter. C) Sunshine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunshine. 17. Without apparent reason or justification A) Stupefied. B) Gratuitous. C) Plebian. D) Pithy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gratuitous. 18. What does Pearl do right before Dimmesdale dies? A) She takes his hand and gives it to Hester. B) She kisses Dimmesdale. C) She runs away from Hester. D) She runs to Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She kisses Dimmesdale. 19. Paul was an apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus. What does the word 'apostle' mean? A) Being very careful and thorough. B) A follower of Jesus who spreads his teachings. C) Very knowledgeable and smart. D) To ask or beg someone earnestly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A follower of Jesus who spreads his teachings. 20. According to the text, Pearl did not respond to her mother's: A) Questions. B) Discipline. C) Ideas. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discipline. 21. After her release from jail, Hester stays in town bc: A) To face her punishment and cleanse her soul. B) To punish her baby's father. C) To make her husband suffer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To face her punishment and cleanse her soul. 22. To what literary era does The Scarlet Letter belong? A) Transcendentalism. B) Post-Modernism. C) Romanticism. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticism. 23. According to the text Dimmesdale delivers the most powerful sermons on sin. A) , the most,. B) No change. C) Text, Dimmesdale. D) Text; Dimmsdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Text, Dimmesdale. 24. What item does Reverend Dimmesdale drop while standing on the scaffold at night? A) His shoe. B) His glove. C) His handkerchief. D) His jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His glove. 25. The panel engaged in a lively colloquy about the future of artificial intelligence. What does the word 'colloquy' mean? A) A conversation or discussion between people. B) Distance north or south of the equator. C) A person, animal, or plant that lives in a particular place. D) Curious, wanting to ask questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A conversation or discussion between people. 26. The vibrant autumn foliage painted a picturesque scene. What does the word 'foliage' mean? A) Something that is not positive. B) A poet or singer in ancient times. C) The leaves of a plant or tree. D) A person who is very poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The leaves of a plant or tree. 27. What word means looking at something very closely and carefully? A) Scrutiny. B) Vengeance. C) Unrequited. D) Compose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrutiny. 28. How did Chillingworth find out the secret that Dimmesdale was Hester's lover? A) He convinced Dimmesdale to trust him with what was bothering him. B) They saw Hester and Pearl outside the window and Dimmesdale broke down. C) He looked at Dimmesdale's chest while he was sleeping and found an 'A'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He looked at Dimmesdale's chest while he was sleeping and found an 'A'. 29. (pg. 189) What does Hester ask Pearl to bring her? A) A rose. B) A rock. C) Some flowers. D) The scarlet letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scarlet letter. 30. A great number of people gathered together; crowdto crowd or flock in great numbers A) Betoken. B) Throng. C) Scourge. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Throng. 31. What word means to express disapproval or disappointment? A) Devise. B) Reproach. C) Reciprocate. D) Waver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproach. 32. Because Dimmesdale wants to reveal his secret but does not he begins to see visions. A) Reveal, his. B) Not, he. C) Secret, but. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not, he. 33. While the Custom House introduction is set in these years, The Scarlet Letter is set in these years. A) 1900s; 1700s. B) 1700s; 1500s. C) 1600s; 1400s. D) 1800s; 1600s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1800s; 1600s. 34. (Pg. 191) Pearl eventually shows favor toward Master Dimmesdale. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. What are Hester's two realities? A) Fear and hate. B) Infant and shame. C) No husband and insecure. D) Friendless and lonely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infant and shame. 36. Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice. A) Semblance. B) Iniquity. C) Ostentatious. D) Plausibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ostentatious. 37. In this same conversation, Hester vows to Chillingworth that she will: A) Rate him out to the magistrates. B) See him dead. C) Tell Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really is. D) Never reveal his true identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell Dimmesdale who Chillingworth really is. 38. "Throughout them all, giving up her individuality, she would become the general symbol at which they might vivify and embody their images of woman's frailty and sinful passion." Which of the following best defines vivify? A) Give life to. B) Ignore completely. C) Acknowledge. D) Discourage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give life to. 39. Which two physical structures first help the reader to understand the setting, the mood, and a theme of the novel? A) Courtyard and Scaffold. B) Church and Shipyard. C) Schoolhouse and Barn. D) Cemetery and Prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cemetery and Prison. 40. What does Hester say when Pearl asks her if she has ever met the Black Man? A) "Once in my life I met the Black Man This scarlet letter is his mark!". B) "My child, thy mother has never left the unattended.". C) "The Black Man has been my tempter, but thy mother hath refused him.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Once in my life I met the Black Man This scarlet letter is his mark!". 41. What word means the highest or greatest level of something? A) Sobering. B) Proximity. C) Shrewd. D) Utmost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Utmost. 42. What is the definition of 'variation'? A) Having a pale or washed-out color. B) A change or difference in something. C) Someone who is running away from something or someone. D) A variety or differences among people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A change or difference in something. 43. She wore a whimsical dress with bright colors and unusual patterns. What does the word 'whimsical' mean? A) Playful or silly in a fun way. B) To change something to look different. C) To guess or make an educated guess. D) To give a warning or scold someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playful or silly in a fun way. 44. What is the definition of 'habitat'? A) Someone's special romantic partner or sweetheart. B) To tell someone to do or not do something. C) A place where an animal lives. D) To come near or get closer to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A place where an animal lives. 45. A character that displays very few types of emotions and has predictable responses is a ..... character. A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Flat. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 46. What does Pearl represent to the people of the town in this chapter? A) The living embodiment of Hester's sin, proof of the affair. B) The symbol of hope and resilience in the face of adversity. C) The personification of nature's beauty and wonder. D) The representation of the town's collective conscience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The living embodiment of Hester's sin, proof of the affair. 47. What word means very small or not easy to notice? A) Establish. B) Adapt. C) Accompany. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subtle. 48. "It lies not in the pleasure of the magistrates to take off this badge. Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall away of its own nature, or be transformed into something that should speak a different purport." A) Pearl. B) Hester. C) Dimmesdale. D) Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hester. 49. The structure from which one is hanged A) Throng. B) Gallows. C) Magistrate. D) Scourge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gallows. 50. Analyze the significance of the forest as a setting in chapters 13-19. A) The forest symbolizes the characters' fear of the unknown. B) The forest represents the characters' desire for isolation. C) The forest is a literal obstacle that the characters must overcome. D) The forest serves as a metaphor for the challenges and growth the characters experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The forest serves as a metaphor for the challenges and growth the characters experience. 51. They plan to establish a new business in the city. What does the word 'establish' mean? A) To show sincere and serious intent. B) To start or create something important. C) To change to fit different situations. D) Respected and admired because of old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To start or create something important. 52. The company's computer system is antiquated and desperately needs an upgrade. What does the word 'antiquated' mean? A) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. B) Something old-fashioned or outdated. C) Being very close to something. D) To happen again or repeatedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something old-fashioned or outdated. 53. The bard entertained the crowd with his captivating songs. What does the word 'bard' mean? A) Kind and not causing harm or danger. B) A poet or singer in ancient times. C) Something that is not positive. D) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poet or singer in ancient times. 54. She decided to denounce the unethical practices of the company. What does the word 'denounce' mean? A) A follower of Jesus who spreads his teachings. B) To publicly express strong disapproval of something. C) A living thing that will eventually die. D) Very knowledgeable and smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To publicly express strong disapproval of something. 55. How does Pearl behave during the visit with Governor Bellingham? A) She is obedient. B) She is scared. C) She is frivolous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is frivolous. 56. What prominent wild plant grows just outsidethe door to the jail? A) Dandelions. B) Lilacs. C) A rose bush. D) A weeping willow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rose bush. 57. Hester's home was described as all of the following EXCEPT A) "lonesome dwelling". B) "the soil about it was too sterile for cultivation". C) "It stood on the shore ". D) "on the outskirts of town". E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 58. Why does Arthur Dimmesdale make an involuntary noise on the scaffold? A) He winces loudly in pain. B) He is crying for help. C) He is laughing. D) He is praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He winces loudly in pain. 59. She would often profess her love for him, but he didn't believe her. What does the word 'profess' mean? A) To show or explain something with pictures. B) To claim or declare something openly. C) Clever and smart in making decisions. D) To happen again or repeatedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To claim or declare something openly. 60. Chillingworth begins to dance around like a fiend or devil when he A) Sees what is under the minister's shirt. B) Sees the minister on the scaffold. C) Sees the "A" in the sky. D) Hears Hester and the minister talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sees what is under the minister's shirt. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books