This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An official in charge of administering the law A) Magistrate. B) Meager. C) Venerable. D) Throng. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magistrate. 2. The rope was used to bind the papers together. What does the word 'bind' mean? A) A lot or too much of something. B) A big, busy city with many people. C) To tie or fasten something together. D) To formally accuse someone of a crime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tie or fasten something together. 3. She sought ..... advice before making her decision. A) Momentous. B) Sage. C) Contemporary. D) Sojourn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sage. 4. Like all that pertains to crime, the jail never seemed to have known a youthful era. Here the phrase pertains to means A) Explains. B) Inclines. C) Seems. D) Concerns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concerns. 5. The centrifugal force of the spinning carousel pushed the riders towards the outer edge. What does the word 'centrifugal force' mean? A) Centrifugal Force:The force that pushes things outward. B) Doing what you are supposed to do. C) A government where people vote and make decisions. D) Strong feeling of sadness or sympathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centrifugal Force:The force that pushes things outward. 6. What is Dimmesdale's reaction to Hester's confession? A) He's relieved to know he was right. B) He's angry that Hester didn't tell him before. C) He's sad that he lost a friend. D) He's happy to find out the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He's angry that Hester didn't tell him before. 7. State of being facetious or joking, a funny remark A) Jocularity. B) Vicissitude. C) Depredation. D) Disquietude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jocularity. 8. To benefit; to improve A) Sojourn. B) Machination. C) Behoove. D) Obstinacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behoove. 9. The author of The Scarlet Letter is A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) Herman Melville. C) Washington Irving. D) Edgar Allen Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 10. What word means secret plans or schemes to trick someone? A) Doctrine. B) Machinations. C) Balk. D) Abhor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Machinations. 11. Governor Bellingham enters with three other men. Which man is described by his "health had severely suffered, of late, by his too unreserved self-sacrifice to the labours and duties of the pastoral relation" (88)? A) Pastor John Wilson. B) Governor Bellingham. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) Revered Arthur Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revered Arthur Dimmesdale. 12. Besides to deliver his gloves, why did Hester go to see Governor Bellingham? A) To plead for her life. B) To plead to keep Pearl. C) To tell him Roger's true identity. D) To tell him that Rev. Dimmesdale also sinned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To plead to keep Pearl. 13. What does the narrator first discover about Hester? A) That she had two children at a young age. B) That she wore the scarlet letter in shame. C) That she was a traveling nurse who also gave out advice. D) That she was an honored woman among the Puritans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she was a traveling nurse who also gave out advice. 14. Reverend Dimmesdale burned one of his sermons in the fireplace because he thought the words ..... A) Would offend parishioners. B) Might hurt Hester. C) Were far too harsh. D) Were nothing but lies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were nothing but lies. 15. Discuss the theme of guilt and shame as portrayed in chapters 13-19. A) The theme of guilt and shame is irrelevant to the plot. B) Characters in chapters 13-19 experience joy and happiness instead of guilt and shame. C) Guilt and shame are portrayed as positive attributes in the story. D) The theme of guilt and shame is portrayed through characters' internal struggles and external conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The theme of guilt and shame is portrayed through characters' internal struggles and external conflicts. 16. What is the definition of 'gesticulate'? A) Able to be understood or heard. B) To communicate using hand or body movements. C) A question or request for information. D) A confusing maze with lots of paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To communicate using hand or body movements. 17. His ignominious defeat left him in a state of embarrassment and shame. What does the word 'ignominious' mean? A) Not easy to notice or understand. B) Changed to fit a new situation. C) To create or make something, like music. D) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. 18. Hester Prynne becomes a master ..... A) Nurse wife. B) Seamstress. C) Cook. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seamstress. 19. What interrupts Dimmesdale's and Chilligworth's intense conversation? A) Pearl's laughter. B) Hester screaming. C) A rapping at the door. D) A clap of thunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl's laughter. 20. What word means changing your mind or behavior frequently? A) Capricious. B) Perverse. C) Query. D) Deceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capricious. 21. Chillingworth swears that he will find out A) Why Hester never loved him. B) Why she cheated on him. C) Who the father of the baby is. D) How she survived all these years on her own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who the father of the baby is. 22. What do the ministers and magistrates determine should be Hester's official punishment? A) Wear the "A" until the father is revealed. B) Isolation. C) Death. D) Wear the "A" for the rest of her natural life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wear the "A" for the rest of her natural life. 23. Ch. 5 What is one way in which the Puritan's interactions with Hester reveal their hypocrisy? A) They publically forgive Hester for her sin but still refuse to employ her as a seamstress. B) They refuse to forgive Hester for her sin or to associate with her in any way. C) They're willing to benefit from Hester's work as a seamstress while shunning her personally. D) They condemn Hester's work as a seamstress while asking for her help in other areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They're willing to benefit from Hester's work as a seamstress while shunning her personally. 24. Most stories have ..... or a solution to the main problem including a reasonable ending. A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 25. She faced the challenges with unwavering ..... A) Fortitude. B) Compassion. C) Democracy. D) Audacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortitude. 26. Who is Pearls father? A) Chillingswoth. B) Dimmesdale. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 27. What object is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept? A) And rosebush. B) A pine tree. C) The pillory. D) A graveyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And rosebush. 28. What is the definition of 'compassion'? A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. B) Strong feeling of sadness or sympathy. C) The person in charge of a school. D) Empty, sad, and feeling very alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling sorry for someone and wanting to help. 29. As Hester and Pearl walk in the forest, what seems to be running away from Hester? A) Tree leaves. B) Sun beams. C) Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun beams. 30. What word means having a strong and unpleasant smell? A) Reproach. B) Deleterious. C) Chaos. D) Acrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acrid. 31. To give an attractive but often deceptive appearance to A) Gild. B) Requite. C) Irrefragable. D) Enshrined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gild. 32. In Chapter 5, how was Hester treated in town? A) She was ignored by the women in town. B) Clergymen often made her the subject of their sermons, and those she helped scorned her. C) She was shunned by the town, but her infant daughter was well accepted. D) She was shunned by the town, and the Clergymen begged the town to forgive her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clergymen often made her the subject of their sermons, and those she helped scorned her. 33. What is the BEST answer to describe "revenge" ? A) Deceiving someone. B) Paying evil for evil. C) Showing kindness to someone. D) Paying good for good. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paying evil for evil. 34. What is the definition of 'forsake'? A) A state of total confusion and disorder. B) To create or come up with a plan. C) A disease that harms plants or crops. D) To leave or abandon someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To leave or abandon someone or something. 35. Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment A) Ludicrous. B) Extant. C) Expatriating. D) Sagacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacity. 36. Who was cruel and revengeful? A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Hester. C) Roller Chillingworth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roller Chillingworth. 37. The malevolent dictator oppressed his people with cruel and unjust laws. What does the word 'malevolent' mean? A) Completely filled or abundantly supplied. B) A strong and fast-moving stream of water. C) To give a warning or scold someone. D) Having a desire to cause harm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having a desire to cause harm. 38. She looked ..... as she stared out the window, lost in thought. A) Fortitude. B) Sovereign. C) Abstracted. D) Erratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstracted. 39. What lessons can be learned from the characters' experiences in The Scarlet Letter? A) Lessons on fashion trends, Importance of cooking skills, Impact of social media. B) Consequences of secrecy, impact of guilt, power of forgiveness, importance of self-acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consequences of secrecy, impact of guilt, power of forgiveness, importance of self-acceptance. 40. Why does Pearl cry while at the mansion? A) Pearl wants a rose out of the garden. B) Pearl just wants her way. C) Pearl's mother disciplined her. D) She is having a temper tantrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl wants a rose out of the garden. 41. She sought ..... against those who wronged her. A) Perpetrator. B) Ligament. C) Vengeance. D) Quell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vengeance. 42. The sudden announcement of the layoffs caused ..... among the employees. A) Arraign. B) Coronation. C) Metropolis. D) Consternation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consternation. 43. What two places do even Utopian societies establish early on? A) Prison, Cemetary. B) School, Cemetary. C) Prison, School. D) Cemetary, Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prison, Cemetary. 44. In these chapters, what do people start noticing about Roger Chillingworth that make them change their opinion about him? A) His face becoming evil. B) Lack of faith in God. C) His suspicious behavior. D) His hair turning grey suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His face becoming evil. 45. What word means to give or provide something valuable? A) Distill. B) Morbid. C) Pilgrim. D) Endow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endow. 46. What does "veneration" mean? A) Reverence. B) Promote. C) Repulsive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverence. 47. What is the definition of 'obscure'? A) Not clear or easy to understand. B) To change to fit different situations. C) Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. D) Respected and admired because of old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not clear or easy to understand. 48. Dispelling:She quickly ..... led the rumors about her resignation. A) Dispel. B) Consternation. C) Reputable. D) Scruples. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dispel. 49. To conduct; to behave A) Infamy. B) Comport. C) Gentility. D) Impropriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comport. 50. What does the Scarlet letter on Hester's chest represent? A) Shame and disgrace. B) Greatness and dignity. C) Love and respect. D) Hate and remorce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shame and disgrace. 51. How does the town view Hester now? A) They believe she should be punished more harshly. B) They believe her punishment should continue as it is. C) They believe that her scarlet letter has magical power and her punishment should be rescinded. D) They believe that she should give up Pearl and continue to be punished with the scarlet letter, and stand on the scaffold again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They believe that her scarlet letter has magical power and her punishment should be rescinded. 52. Being liable or subject to change A) Gild. B) Mutability. C) Steed. D) Dell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutability. 53. What does Pearl start screaming for at the end of the chapter? A) A rose. B) A pretzel. C) A doll. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rose. 54. What is the definition of 'undermine'? A) To weaken or harm something secretly. B) A person who is very poor. C) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. D) A ruler who has complete power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To weaken or harm something secretly. 55. "His first care was given to the child, whose cries ..... made it of peremptory necessity to postpone all other business ..... " Which of the following best defines peremptory? A) Passive. B) Assuming. C) Urgent. D) Unimportant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urgent. 56. What word means to publicly express strong disapproval of something? A) Erudite. B) Denounce. C) Profound. D) Stifle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denounce. 57. What strange act does Pearl do towards Dimmesdale? A) She puts her face in Dimmesdale's hands. B) She kisses Dimmesdale's knee. C) She rubs Dimmesdale's head. D) She puts her hands on Dimmesdale's cheeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She puts her face in Dimmesdale's hands. 58. Based on this, does Hawthorne believe that salvation comes through work or faith? A) Work. B) Faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faith. 59. Who in the story ..... ? Gave the Election Sermon. A) Chillingworth. B) Dimmesdale. C) Pearl. D) Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale. 60. "My mother picked me from a bush of wild roses." A) Abigail Williams. B) Sara Beth. C) Hester. D) Pearl. 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