This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is the scarlet letter significant in Chapter 15 of The Scarlet Letter? A) The scarlet letter represents Hester's innocence. B) The scarlet letter is a sign of Hester's social status. C) The scarlet letter symbolizes Hester's guilt. D) Hester's transformation and acceptance of her sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester's transformation and acceptance of her sin. 2. With what does Pearl frequently associate Hester's scarlet letter? A) The minister's hand over his heart. B) The scaffold standing in the marketplace. C) The scowling faces of the townspeople. D) The brilliant meteor she witnessed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The minister's hand over his heart. 3. They found a ..... spot in the forest to set up their campsite. A) Lurid. B) Discourse. C) Secluded. D) Cultivate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secluded. 4. What word means to keep trying even when it's difficult? A) Scanty. B) Persist. C) Defunct. D) Wield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persist. 5. What is the significance of the scarlet letter 'A' in the story? A) It symbolizes adultery and serves as a punishment and public shaming for the protagonist, Hester Prynne. B) The scarlet letter 'A' stands for 'angel' and represents the protagonist's purity. C) It is a symbol of honor and respect in the community. D) It represents the protagonist's love for the color red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes adultery and serves as a punishment and public shaming for the protagonist, Hester Prynne. 6. What word means strong feeling of sadness or sympathy? A) Desolate. B) Erratic. C) Pathos. D) Necromancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pathos. 7. What does the black flower in Chapter 1 symbolize? A) The sinful thoughts of mankind. B) The hearts of those who don't follow Puritan ideals. C) The woman who wears the scarlet letter. D) The prison that houses wrongdoers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The prison that houses wrongdoers. 8. In the forest, Hester tells Dimmesdale that- A) She has found forgiveness and so will he. B) She will always wear the scarlet letter. C) Pearl prefers the forest to the town. D) Chillingworth is her estranged husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chillingworth is her estranged husband. 9. What word means deceitful behavior or double-dealing? A) Enshrine. B) Duplicity. C) Pithy. D) Deliberate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duplicity. 10. What is the definition of 'undertone'? A) Taking care of someone's needs or problems. B) A strong and violent storm with wind. C) Very bold or daring, not afraid. D) A hidden feeling or message. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hidden feeling or message. 11. The teacher had to ..... the student for repeatedly disrupting the class. A) Reprove. B) Shrewd. C) Profess. D) Sobering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprove. 12. Which of the following places is a symbol in TSL? A) The train tracks. B) The village. C) The beach. D) The forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The forest. 13. Improper language, behavior or character A) Throng. B) Scourge. C) Sepulchre. D) Impropriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impropriety. 14. To fall back under pressure A) Subjugate. B) Gesticulate. C) Recoil. D) Alloy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recoil. 15. To where does Dimmesdale go in Chapter 12? A) Hester's home. B) The scaffold. C) Rev. Wilson's home. D) The jail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scaffold. 16. "After the great judgement" is a response by: A) Wilson to Bellingham. B) Dimmesdale to Pearl. C) Hester to Pearl. D) Chillingworth to Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale to Pearl. 17. The government plans to ..... the undocumented immigrants. A) Infer. B) Deport. C) Elaborate. D) Twilight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deport. 18. Which of these sins is Dimmesdale NOT tempted to do, after meeting with Hester? A) Teach curse words to young children. B) Curse and yell at an older widow. C) Whisper blasphemous things about the communion supper to a deacon. D) Encourage sin in a young woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curse and yell at an older widow. 19. Intricate plot developed for an evil purpose A) Solace. B) Machination. C) Sojourn. D) Obstinacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Machination. 20. The community believes that Dimmesdale's actions of punishment reflect his humility and godliness. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. The quality of seeming reasonable or probable. A) Sagacious. B) Resolute. C) Ostentatious. D) Plausibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plausibility. 22. If the latter possess native sagacity, and a nameless something more-let us call it intuition; ..... to bring his mind into such affinity with his patient's, ..... then will the soul of the sufferer be dissolved ..... bringing all its mysteries into the daylight. Which of the following best defines sagacity? A) Supernatural powers. B) Stupidity. C) Wisdom. D) Duty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wisdom. 23. Hester is released from prison. Why doesn't she run away to a different settlement? A) She is not allowed to under the terms of her release. B) She loves Rev. Dimmesdale and must remain near him. C) Pearl is too young to travel. D) She feels her soul may be purged clean if she remains living there, disgraced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She feels her soul may be purged clean if she remains living there, disgraced. 24. A large, impressive (or imposing) building A) Ignominy. B) Edifice. C) Iniquity. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edifice. 25. When Hester's passion and feeling were replaced by thought, she questioned all of the following, except ..... A) Pearl's existence. B) The role of women in society. C) Why there was a black glove on the scaffold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why there was a black glove on the scaffold. 26. What group of religious people helped establish Boston? A) Protestants. B) Catholics. C) Satanists. D) Puritans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puritans. 27. The sudden announcement of the layoffs caused consternation among the employees. What does the word 'consternation' mean? A) A dangerous person who doesn't follow rules. B) Not willing to change or bend. C) Ceremony where a king or queen is crowned. D) Feeling very surprised or worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling very surprised or worried. 28. How did Hawthorne change his name to distance himself from his ancestor? A) He added a 'w' and an 'e'. B) He added an 'iel' to his first name. C) He didn't. D) He added 'orne' to his last name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He added a 'w' and an 'e'. 29. She enjoys cultivating a beautiful garden in her backyard. What does the word 'cultivate' mean? A) To grow or take care of plants. B) A safe place to stay or hide. C) About to happen or occur soon. D) A strong connection or relationship between people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To grow or take care of plants. 30. To grow distant from A) Furrow. B) Fervor. C) Expound. D) Estrange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estrange. 31. What is the definition of 'elaborate'? A) To insert or say something in between. B) To explain or give more details. C) The time between daylight and darkness. D) Being represented by a physical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To explain or give more details. 32. Why does Chillingworth ask Hester not to tell anyone in town that he is her husband? A) Because he wants people to think he's the baby's father. B) Because he doesn't want people to know he's not a real doctor. C) Because he wants to find out information without people giving him their opinions or rumors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he wants to find out information without people giving him their opinions or rumors. 33. We will ..... via email to discuss the project details. A) Capricious. B) Nurture. C) Correspond. D) Mutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Correspond. 34. The meteor streaked across the night sky, leaving a trail of bright light behind it. What does the word 'meteor' mean? A) Not straight or not lined up correctly. B) To give a warning or scold someone. C) A bright streak of light in the sky. D) Impossible to separate or untangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bright streak of light in the sky. 35. True or False:In chapter 17, Hester convinces Dimmesdale that he must leave the town and go to the wilderness to be a missionary to the Native Americans who live in the forest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Hester has revealed who the father of the child is. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. Pearl makes a connection between the scarlet letter and Dimmesdale. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 38. One that watches or guards A) Inured. B) Sentinel. C) Alloy. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentinel. 39. They found a secluded spot in the forest to set up their campsite. What does the word 'secluded' mean? A) A strong connection or relationship between people. B) Away from others, hidden or private. C) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. D) Very shocking, vivid, or sensational in color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Away from others, hidden or private. 40. Who is the leech? A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Rev. Wilson. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roger Chillingworth. 41. The idea of driving a submarine to work every day is ludicrous. What does the word 'ludicrous' mean? A) A view, especially a wide one. B) A variety or differences among people. C) Having a pale or washed-out color. D) Something that is really silly or ridiculous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that is really silly or ridiculous. 42. What role does Pearl play in Chapter 17 of The Scarlet Letter? A) Symbol of Hester's sin and a reminder of her guilt. B) Pearl is a symbol of redemption and forgiveness. C) Pearl is a minor character with no significant role. D) Pearl is a representation of purity and innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol of Hester's sin and a reminder of her guilt. 43. The judge issued an injunction to temporarily enjoin the company from selling the counterfeit products. What does the word 'enjoin' mean? A) Relating to the mother or motherhood. B) To delay or put off for later. C) The ability to get desired results. D) To tell someone to do or not do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To tell someone to do or not do something. 44. What word means to agree or make an agreement? A) Heed. B) Accord. C) Eloquent. D) Discerning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accord. 45. The other children of the community treat Pearl A) Like one of them. B) With Christian kindness. C) As their parents treat Hester. D) Indifferently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As their parents treat Hester. 46. The rosebush outside the prison door is a symbol of all of the following EXCEPT A) Nature's pity for criminals who enter. B) A sweet moral to the sad tale. C) Hope for all who enter. D) Extreme anti-feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extreme anti-feminism. 47. What was on the priest's chest? A) A branded "A". B) A sown Scarlet Letter. C) Chillingoworth's curse. D) There is no certainty (we are not sure). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is no certainty (we are not sure). 48. While Hester talks to Chillingworth, Pearl is playing with seaweed by the seashore, fashioning the letter P to put on her chest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Some people of the community believe that God sent Chillingworth to Boston to cure Dimmesdale. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Character who agreed that Hester should be able to keep Pearl A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Gov. Bellingham. C) The devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rev. Dimmesdale. 51. The stranger who appears on the outskirts of the crowd while Hester is on the scaffold is slightly deformed, in what way? A) His eyes seem too big for his head. B) He has six fingers on his left hand. C) His nose is growing out of his cheek. D) His shoulders are uneven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His shoulders are uneven. 52. She was determined to resolve the conflict peacefully. What does the word 'resolve' mean? A) To find a solution or make a decision. B) To bring out or call forth a feeling. C) Able to be changed or altered. D) A confusing maze with lots of paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find a solution or make a decision. 53. When Pearl asked about the scarlet letter, Hester: A) Told her the truth about her and Mr. Dimmsdale. B) Decided not to tell the truth. C) Sew a green scarlet letter for her chest. D) Felt she was a bad mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided not to tell the truth. 54. "Preach! Write! Act! Do anything, save to lie down and die!" A) Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. C) Pearl. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester. 55. Pearl's very first smile is directed to what? A) The Scarlet letter. B) The rosebush by the jail. C) The Reverend Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Scarlet letter. 56. All describe Pearl's traits Except: A) Lovely. B) Intelligent. C) Brilliant. D) Physical defect (arm). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical defect (arm). 57. What does Embroidery mean? A) Brand new. B) The art or pastine of embroidering cloth. C) Too great to be overcome. D) Lie or move objectively on the ground with one's face downward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art or pastine of embroidering cloth. 58. Which word means a sign or warning of something likely to happen? A) Consecration. B) Sanctity. C) Haste. D) Portent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Portent. 59. We took a delightful excursion to the beach. What does the word 'excursion' mean? A) To hold and use a tool or weapon. B) A short trip or outing for fun. C) Up until now. D) Not enough or very little. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short trip or outing for fun. 60. To the townspeople, the letter A has assumed new meaning, even as it relates to Hester and her work. A) Anguished. B) Angel. C) Aide. D) Able. 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