This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She faced the challenges with unwavering fortitude. What does the word 'fortitude' mean? A) A hidden feeling or message. B) A ruler who has power and authority. C) Strength and courage to face challenges. D) Doing what you are supposed to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strength and courage to face challenges. 2. A living "sermon against sin" A) Hester. B) Chillingworth. C) Dimmesdale. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester. 3. Hester Prynne is a master ..... A) Athlete. B) Seamstress. C) Artist. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seamstress. 4. What is the congregation's opinion of Dimmesdale? A) He is a model of holiness. B) He is going insane. C) He is a hypocrite. D) He has become untrustworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a model of holiness. 5. How do people react to Hester when she walks the streets with Pearl? A) They judge Hester and Pearl and look at them in disgust. B) They don't pay Hester any attention, but laugh at Pearl. C) They don't pay Pearl any attention, but give Hester dirty looks. D) They pity them because they are dirty and poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They judge Hester and Pearl and look at them in disgust. 6. Ch. 8 What do John Wilson, Chillingworth and Dimmesdale tease Pearl about when they arrive at the Governor's residence? A) Her rosy cheeks. B) Her messy hair. C) Her scarlet clothing. D) Her timid demeanor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her scarlet clothing. 7. Which word means a state of seriousness? A) Peril. B) Portent. C) Abominable. D) Solemnity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solemnity. 8. "self-enlisted sister of charity" A) Pearl. B) Hester. C) Chillingworth. D) Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hester. 9. What is the definition of 'entreat'? A) A follower of Jesus who spreads his teachings. B) A living thing that will eventually die. C) To ask for something very politely. D) Extremely evil or wicked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ask for something very politely. 10. Who agrees with the Governor about taking Pearl from Hester, and who defends Hester? A) Ross and Wilson. B) Wilson and Chillingworth. C) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. D) Wilson and Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale. 11. What does Hester think will happen if Dimmesdale doesn't leave Chillingworth soon? A) He will die. B) He will turn against her. C) He will sin further. D) He will become evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He will die. 12. What is the definition of 'grisly'? A) To hate or detest something very much. B) A set of beliefs or teachings. C) To make someone leave or kick out. D) Very scary or horrifying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very scary or horrifying. 13. The artist's vision began to manifest itself through their vibrant paintings. What does the word 'manifest' mean? A) To show or make something clear. B) To come before in time or order. C) Well-known and respected for being important. D) The clothes that someone wears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show or make something clear. 14. To make lively; to animate A) Caprice. B) Enmity. C) Assimilate. D) Vivify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vivify. 15. How has Hester's identity and role changed after wearing the scarlet letter for seven years? A) The townspeople accept her for all the good she's done. B) The townspeople see her "A" to mean "Able". C) The townspeople see her as a confident. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Who dies from a secret guilt? A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Dr. Chillingworth. C) Hester. D) Governor Billingham. E) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rev. Dimmesdale. 17. What is ironic about Hester's needlework becoming fashionable around Boston? A) People claim her needlework has magical powers even though it's just plain thread. B) She's not very good at it, but people feel sorry for her. C) Puritans can only wear fancy clothes on Sunday, but she sells a lot of needlework. D) The scarlet letter was the advertisement that started her business. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scarlet letter was the advertisement that started her business. 18. She felt inspired and sat down to compose a beautiful piece of music. What does the word 'compose' mean? A) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. B) To go together with someone or something. C) Very small or not easy to notice. D) To create or make something, like music. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create or make something, like music. 19. What did Hester think Chillingworth may do to Dimmesdale? A) She thought the Chillingworth would help him. B) She thought the Chillingworth might hurt him. C) She thought Chillingworth was afraid of Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She thought the Chillingworth might hurt him. 20. What is the punishment for Hester Prynne's adultery? A) Community service. B) Flogging. C) Public humiliation and wearing a scarlet letter 'A'. D) Imprisonment for life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public humiliation and wearing a scarlet letter 'A'. 21. True or False:Hester refuses to tell the crowd who the father is. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. To bring under dominion; conquer A) Subjugated. B) Prattle. C) Misanthropy. D) Accost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjugated. 23. What is the definition of 'negative'? A) To make it harder to do something. B) Something that is not positive. C) A very deep and wide hole. D) A very steep cliff or edge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that is not positive. 24. The project was left unfinished due to a lack of initiative from the team. A) Ulterior. B) Scintillating. C) Passive. D) Pensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passive. 25. They entered into a heated ..... over the ownership of the property. A) Dispute. B) Lineage. C) Burnish. D) Fugitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dispute. 26. What is the definition of 'authentic'? A) The highest or greatest level of something. B) Real or genuine, not fake. C) Being very close to something. D) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Real or genuine, not fake. 27. Hester imagines that soon her scarlet letter will no longer be on her bosom; instead, it will be ..... A) At the bottom of the sea. B) Left in her cottage when she leaves town. C) In the forest lost among the leaves. D) Burned in the fireplace in her cottage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the bottom of the sea. 28. Which of the following is NOT one of the theories explaining the presence of a scarlet letter on the minister's chest? A) It is God's punishment. B) It is self-inflicted. C) It is a result of Chillingworth's evil magic. D) It is a result of Hester's witchcraft. E) It comes from within, from his sinning heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a result of Hester's witchcraft. 29. At the beginning of Chapter 5, Hester goes to the governor's house to deliver A) A pair of gloves. B) The results of an election. C) Alms for the poor. D) A note with the name of Pearl's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pair of gloves. 30. What are physiognomies? A) Facts and figures. B) Physics and science. C) Faces and features. D) Space and future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faces and features. 31. It's best not to meddle in other people's affairs. What does the word 'meddle' mean? A) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. B) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. C) Away from others, hidden or private. D) To grow or take care of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. 32. In Chapter 3, what is the symbolic significance of Roger Chillingworth's name? A) It indicates his interest in medicinal herbs and remedies. B) It represents his commitment to the Puritan religious code. C) It symbolizes his fascination with the supernatural. D) It reflects his cold and heartless nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It reflects his cold and heartless nature. 33. How does the narrator describe Chillingworth as he stands in the crowd? A) Short, intelligent-looking, and somewhat deformed. B) Tall, confident, and athletic-looking. C) Handsome and friendly with a kind face. D) Quiet and shy with thick spectacles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short, intelligent-looking, and somewhat deformed. 34. In Chapter 21, what is "The New England Holiday" that is being celebrated? A) Thanksgiving. B) The election of a new governor of the colony. C) The end of the Salem Witchcraft Trials. D) The election of a new minister of the town. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The election of a new governor of the colony. 35. What word means a variety or differences among people? A) Breadth. B) Vista. C) Pacify. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diversity. 36. She had the audacious idea to start her own business, despite the risks. What does the word 'audacious' mean? A) The person in charge of a school. B) Very bold or daring, not afraid. C) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds. D) Lost in thought and not paying attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very bold or daring, not afraid. 37. What does the clergyman ask to test Pearl's upbringing? A) Who is her father. B) Where is her father. C) Where she was born. D) Who is her creator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who is her creator. 38. Pearl is the living embodiment of the scarlet letter. This is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 39. What word means to burn or scorch something? A) Pilgrim. B) Condemn. C) Sear. D) Intangible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sear. 40. Bold and outspoken A) Ponderous. B) Congenial. C) Venerable. D) Brazen. E) Panoply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazen. 41. The belief that the character of a person can be perceived through their facial features A) Venerable. B) Physiognomy. C) Transgressor. D) Gallows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiognomy. 42. What is the definition of 'penitent'? A) A punishment you give to yourself. B) To burn or scorch something. C) To turn a liquid into a gas. D) Feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing. 43. Who wrote The Scarlet Letter? A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) John Hathorn. D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 44. Why does Dimmesdale run out of the room at the end of his conversation on sin with Chillingworth? A) He needs to make an urgent call. B) He wants to make Chilingworth angry. C) He is afraid he'll hit Chillingworth. D) He's afraid he'll confess his secret sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He's afraid he'll confess his secret sin. 45. To utter meaningless sounds suggestive of the chatter of children; babble A) Vivacity. B) Colloquy. C) Prattle. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prattle. 46. The media's sensationalism ..... s fear and panic among the public. A) Evoke. B) Despondent. C) Perpetuate. D) Intelligible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perpetuate. 47. "Between thee and me, the scale hangs fairly balanced." A) Chillingworth. B) Pearl. C) Dimmesdale. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chillingworth. 48. Which of the following is NOT a central idea in The Scarlet Letter? A) Puritans were guided by a set of laws they borrowed from Greek philosophy. B) The Puritans combined religion and law. C) The Puritans believed in strict, often public forms of punishment, such has humiliation and isolation. D) Most Puritans sincerely want to make up for their sins and form a covenant with God. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puritans were guided by a set of laws they borrowed from Greek philosophy. 49. What does the scarlet letter 'A' symbolize in the novel? A) Acceptance. B) Anger. C) Adventure. D) Adultery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adultery. 50. Ch. 7 How does Pearl respond to being taunted by other children while on the way to visit Governor Bellingham? A) She sobs and pleads with the children to stop. B) She cowers in fear behind her mother. C) She boldly fends the other children off. D) She yells at her mother for embarrassing her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She boldly fends the other children off. 51. A conversation, especially a formal one A) Denizen. B) Preternatural. C) Colloquy. D) Prattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colloquy. 52. The "sign" the meteor made in the sky was A) An A. B) An angel. C) A crucifix. D) A pitchfork. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An A. 53. "He betrayed me! He has done me worse wrong than I did him!" A) Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. C) Pearl. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimmesdale. 54. To glorify or exalt someone or something; deify A) Repugnance. B) Apothecary. C) Apotheosize. D) Gait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apotheosize. 55. The first object which Pearl seems to become aware of is: A) The morning sun. B) The scarlet letter. C) Hester's smile. D) Her mother's baskets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scarlet letter. 56. Who is the illegitimate father of Pearl in The Scarlet Letter? A) Reverend Wilson. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Governor Bellingham. D) Reverend Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reverend Dimmesdale. 57. Insurmountable means to be too great to be overcome A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. How does Hester respond to Pearl's repeated questioning about the scarlet letter? A) She tells Pearl a story. B) She asks Pearl to be quiet. C) She ignores Pearl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She asks Pearl to be quiet. 59. Ch. 8 Why does Dimmesdale argue that Pearl should remain with Hester? A) Because Hester has proven herself to be a good and loving mother over the years. B) Because Pearl was sent by God as Hester's punishment and guard against sinning again. C) Because removing Pearl from Hester's care would only upset the child. D) Because Hester was unjustly punished and keeping Pearl is her only recompense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because Pearl was sent by God as Hester's punishment and guard against sinning again. 60. Jesus often used parables to teach important lessons to his disciples and followers. What does the word 'parable' mean? A) A simple story that teaches a lesson. B) Pleasant or attractive in appearance. C) To claim or declare something openly. D) Respected or honored as special or sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simple story that teaches a lesson. ← 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