This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (Pg. 189) Pearl goes into a fit across the brook; what does Hester attribute this behavior to? A) Pearl refuses to do her homework. B) Pearl is not accustomed to seeing Hester without the scarlet letter. C) Pearl is showing her distaste for Master Dimmesdale. D) Pearl has become possessed by evil spirits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl is not accustomed to seeing Hester without the scarlet letter. 2. Describe Hester's feelings towards Pearl. A) She loved Pearl. B) She had no feelings one way or the other. C) She didn't even like Pearl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loved Pearl. 3. The image of "Divine Maternity" A) Hester. B) Chillingworth. C) Dimmesdale. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester. 4. I saw a ghostly apparition in the old abandoned house. What does the word 'apparition' mean? A) Happening without planning or preparation. B) A simple story that teaches a lesson. C) Something old-fashioned or outdated. D) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. 5. The outward appearance or apparent form or something, especially when the reality is different. A) Obscurity. B) Resolute. C) Sagacious. D) Semblance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semblance. 6. Who asks Hester to identify the father of the baby while she is standing on the scaffold? A) Mistress Hibbons. B) Rev. Wilson. C) Rev. Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rev. Dimmesdale. 7. Ch. 10-What does Chillingworth suspect is causing Dimmesdale's physical suffering? A) A rare illness. B) Stress from keeping a secret. C) Fear of dying. D) Anxiety from writing his sermons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stress from keeping a secret. 8. With what does Chillingworth become obsessed with discovering? A) Speaking in tongues. B) Dimmesdale's secrets. C) Getting Hester to confess. D) Conjuring the devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale's secrets. 9. Identify the speaker of this quote: "Not on thy soul; no, not on thine." A) Mr. Wilson. B) Arthur Dimmesdale. C) Hester Prynne. D) Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roger Chillingworth. 10. What word means a poet or singer in ancient times? A) Calamity. B) Bard. C) Conform. D) Auspicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bard. 11. When Chillingworth sees Pearl, what is she doing? A) Gathering seashells with her mother. B) Throwing rocks at the village children. C) Skipping from one grave to another, before dancing on one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skipping from one grave to another, before dancing on one. 12. True or False:By now, people accepted Hester as part of the community A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. According to TSL, new settlements must establish a cemetery and ..... at the beginning of a colony. A) Orphanage. B) Prison. C) Place of execution. D) Town hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prison. 14. Find the best quote below to support the following conclusion:Hester is a strong woman. A) "She climbed a flight of wooden steps". B) ""The women seemed to take a special interest". C) "There she stood for everyone to see". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "There she stood for everyone to see". 15. Where does Hester have to stand for four hours? A) On the scaffold in front of everyone. B) On the balcony with the magistrates and ministers. C) On the ground so everyone can yell in her face. D) In the prison window. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the scaffold in front of everyone. 16. Why do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth move into the same house? A) Chillingworth convinces Dimmesdale it will help him. B) Reverend Wilson commands Dimmesdale to do so. C) Dimmesdale's parishioners insist he do so for his health. D) To keep an eye on Hester and Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dimmesdale's parishioners insist he do so for his health. 17. She used a soft cloth to burnish the silverware, making it shine like new. What does the word 'burnish' mean? A) Something that is really silly or ridiculous. B) To think carefully before making a decision. C) To make something shiny or smooth. D) A variety or differences among people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make something shiny or smooth. 18. "intrusive third person" A) Pearl. B) Chillingworth. C) Dimmesdale. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dimmesdale. 19. Which character is the sister of Governor Bellingham? A) Mistress Hibbins. B) Hester. C) Narrator. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistress Hibbins. 20. To drink heartily A) Quaff. B) Draught. C) Sagacity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quaff. 21. The heavy rainstorm caused a ..... of water to rush down the street. A) Askew. B) Distort. C) Inextricable. D) Torrent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torrent. 22. The two parties reached an ..... after hours of negotiation. A) Apparition. B) Reprove. C) Proximity. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accord. 23. Theme:Appearance vs ..... A) Refinement. B) Reality. C) Remorse. D) Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reality. 24. The sheep peacefully grazed in the pastoral landscape. What does the word 'pastoral' mean? A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. B) Relating to rural countryside or farming. C) Pleasant or attractive in appearance. D) Extreme wickedness or moral corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relating to rural countryside or farming. 25. What do the religious people want to do with Pearl? A) The people want to give Pearl to the witches. B) The people do not want to do anything with Pearl. C) The people want to give Pearl to her father. D) The people wanted Pearl taken from Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The people wanted Pearl taken from Hester. 26. What word means having the freedom to make decisions independently? A) Precipice. B) Emancipated. C) Bard. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emancipated. 27. They engaged in a lively discourse about the state of politics. What does the word 'discourse' mean? A) A safe place to stay or hide. B) To agree or make an agreement. C) A conversation or discussion between people. D) Able to understand and make good choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A conversation or discussion between people. 28. Describe Pearl's personality in "The Scarlet Letter" . A) Timid and shy. B) Obedient and quiet. C) Spirited and wild. D) Indifferent and cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spirited and wild. 29. A book with page numbers written by Lori Ratliff. Which citation is INCORRECT? A) According to Ratliff, English rocks (14). B) English rocks (Ratliff, 14). C) English rocks (Ratliff 14). D) Ratliff asserts that English rocks (14). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English rocks (Ratliff, 14). 30. "I have already told thee what I am! A fiend! Who made me so?" A) Hester. B) Dimmesdale. C) Pearl. D) Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chillingworth. 31. The starving dog was ..... and desperately needed food. A) Profess. B) Utmost. C) Emaciated. D) Hallowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emaciated. 32. What was growing close to the door of the jail as Hester was released? A) Weeping willow tree. B) Patch of thorns. C) Wildflowers. D) Blooming rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blooming rose. 33. The photograph evokes feelings of nostalgia. What does the word 'evoke' mean? A) A confusing maze with lots of paths. B) To bring out or call forth a feeling. C) To make something continue forever. D) To care for and help something grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To bring out or call forth a feeling. 34. Why has Hester, who was previously married to an English scholar, lived alone for two years in Massachusetts? A) She had written to her husband asking for a divorce. B) Her husband was supposed to join her in Massachusetts but never came. C) Her husband died back in England and left her a widow. D) She had fled Europe without telling her husband where she was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her husband was supposed to join her in Massachusetts but never came. 35. When everyone gathers in the Marketplace, what question does Pearl ask Hester in regards to Dimmesdale? A) Will he stand on the scaffold with us today?. B) Will he leave with us today?. C) Is that the same minister who kissed me by the brook?. D) Why is dad so worried about what all of these Puritans think of him?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is that the same minister who kissed me by the brook?. 36. What word means a confusing maze with lots of paths? A) Query. B) Labyrinth. C) Wrath. D) Nurture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Labyrinth. 37. The company strictly enforces compliance with safety regulations. What does the word 'compliance' mean? A) Doing what you are supposed to do. B) Lost in thought and not paying attention. C) Not following a fixed or regular pattern. D) Magic that involves communicating with the dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doing what you are supposed to do. 38. When Hester says, "You will not go alone, " what is she referring to? A) Dimmesdale will not have to face Chillingworth by himself. B) She and Pearl will travel to England with Dimmesdale. C) Dimmesdale won't have to die by himself. D) Pearl will accompany Dimmesdale to Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She and Pearl will travel to England with Dimmesdale. 39. What did Pearl ask Dimmesdale? A) If he was her father. B) If he was the Black Man. C) If he would stand in daylight with her and Hester. D) If he would help her mother provide for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If he would stand in daylight with her and Hester. 40. What personified idea is presented to explain the Puritans' purchase of garments ..... "wrought by [Hester's] sinful hands" ? A) Greed. B) Sympathy. C) Hypocrisy. D) Vanity. E) Materialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vanity. 41. What is the first thing that the founders of a new colony always build, according to the narrator? A) A church. B) A prison and a cemetery. C) A school and a library. D) A town hall and a market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A church. 42. What is the significance of the forest in the Scarlet Letter? A) Represents urbanization, progress, and modernity. B) Signifies isolation, despair, and hopelessness. C) Symbolizes freedom, temptation, and the natural world. D) Symbolizes technology, innovation, and advancement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolizes freedom, temptation, and the natural world. 43. What word means perfect example or model to follow? A) Exemplary. B) Prejudice. C) Elaborate. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exemplary. 44. She felt constrained by the strict rules of the company. What does the word 'constrained' mean? A) A question or request for information. B) Able to be understood or heard. C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. D) Cannot be explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. 45. The young artist's work embodies the essence of ..... art. A) Momentous. B) Discourse. C) Contemporary. D) Temperament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemporary. 46. What is the definition of 'infer'? A) To explain or give more details. B) A poison produced by some animals. C) Being represented by a physical form. D) To figure out without being told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To figure out without being told. 47. Pearl is crying for a red rose from Governor Bellingham's garden and lets out an "eldritch scream" when Hester tells her no (86). What does eldritch mean? A) Quick. B) Sinister. C) Loud. D) Angelic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sinister. 48. How does Hester dress compared to the way she dresses Pearl? A) Hester wears fancy, frilly dresses and dresses Pearl in rags. B) Hester and Pearl are both dressed in coarse, somber clothing. C) Hester wears somber clothing and dresses Pearl in beautifully adorned, brightly colored clothing. D) Hester dresses herself and Pearl in rich clothing of bright colors and fancy embroidery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester wears somber clothing and dresses Pearl in beautifully adorned, brightly colored clothing. 49. The colors of the sky during ..... are always stunning. A) Venom. B) Twilight. C) Manifest. D) Luxuriant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twilight. 50. What word means able to be understood or heard? A) Mutable. B) Despondent. C) Intelligible. D) Inexplicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intelligible. 51. She made capricious decisions, often changing her mind without warning. What does the word 'capricious' mean? A) To trick or make someone believe something false. B) Able to be changed or altered. C) Changing your mind or behavior frequently. D) Able to be understood or heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changing your mind or behavior frequently. 52. What word means a question or request for information? A) Query. B) Accompany. C) Labyrinth. D) Correspond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Query. 53. What did most of the townspeople believe happened to Hester's husband? A) They believed he had left Hester for another woman. B) They believed he was dead. C) They believed he stayed back in Europe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They believed he was dead. 54. Following Dimmesdale's impassioned plea to Hester, the baby reaches up her arms toward him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. What is the definition of 'hallowed'? A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. B) Making someone feel serious and thoughtful. C) Real or genuine, not fake. D) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. 56. The changes in her appearance were so ..... that no one noticed them at first. A) Attribute. B) Subtle. C) Adapt. D) Attribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subtle. 57. What did Hester tell Roger Chillingworth when they met on the peninsula? A) Rev. Dimmesdale was sicker than Chillingworth thought. B) She was going to break her promise to him and tell Dimmesdale who he really was. C) She couldn't help falling in love with him again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was going to break her promise to him and tell Dimmesdale who he really was. 58. She feigned illness to avoid going to the party. What does the word 'feigned' mean? A) To stop or calm something down. B) Pretending or making something up. C) Relating to the mother or motherhood. D) To make someone believe something false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretending or making something up. 59. Hester is convicted of adultery A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. From the top of the hill, we had a breathtaking ..... of the entire valley. A) Relinquish. B) Vista. C) Intrinsic. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vista. ← 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