This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of "ignominy" ? A) Sin. B) Obvious. C) More than three. D) Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sin. 2. She had the ..... idea to start her own business, despite the risks. A) Minute. B) Audacious. C) Democracy. D) Ministrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Audacious. 3. (pg. 186) In Pearl was visible the ..... that united them. A) Sight. B) Might. C) Lie. D) Tie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tie. 4. What is the definition of 'shrewd'? A) Making someone feel serious and thoughtful. B) A ghost or a strange, unexpected sight. C) To tell someone they did something wrong. D) Clever and smart in making decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clever and smart in making decisions. 5. What word means having a desire to cause harm? A) Malevolent. B) Meteor. C) Conjecture. D) Torrent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malevolent. 6. She is the daughter of the sinner. A) Hester Prynne. B) Pearl. C) Roger Chillingworth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl. 7. The primeval forest was filled with ancient, towering trees and untouched beauty. What does the word 'primeval' mean? A) The most important or most common. B) Very old or ancient. C) To feel sad and express grief. D) Not taking action or being acted upon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very old or ancient. 8. Many ..... detested The Scarlet Letter, for obvious reasons. A) Old men. B) Women. C) Ministers. D) Government Officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ministers. 9. What is the definition of 'odious'? A) Friendly and easy to get along with. B) Very light, delicate, or heavenly. C) Strong dislike or hatred towards something. D) Extremely unpleasant or disgusting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extremely unpleasant or disgusting. 10. Discuss the role of Chillingworth in the moral dilemmas of the characters. A) Chillingworth embodies revenge and manipulation, leading to conflicts and ethical questioning among the other characters. B) Chillingworth serves as a moral compass for the characters, guiding them to the right path. C) Chillingworth has no impact on the moral dilemmas faced by the characters. D) Chillingworth promotes forgiveness and understanding among the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chillingworth embodies revenge and manipulation, leading to conflicts and ethical questioning among the other characters. 11. What is the definition of 'dwelling'? A) Something you can't touch or see. B) A place where you live or stay. C) To tie or fasten something securely. D) Feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A place where you live or stay. 12. What does Dimmesdale reveal in front of the town at the climax of the novel? A) The scarlet A branded on his chest. B) Nothing. C) That he is running away with Hester. D) Chillingworth's true identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The scarlet A branded on his chest. 13. What Hester concludes her attitude toward Chillingworth is: A) Admiration. B) Honesty. C) Love. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hate. 14. Who is described as "the leech" in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Governor Bellingham. D) Reverend Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger Chillingworth. 15. She sat by the window, lost in pensive thoughts. What does the word 'pensive' mean? A) To sparkle or shine brightly with light. B) Not taking action or being acted upon. C) Thinking deeply or being thoughtful. D) Lacking energy or enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinking deeply or being thoughtful. 16. What convinced the Governor to let Hester keep Pearl? A) Hester would constantly remind Pearl of her sin. B) Rev. Dimmesdale promised to watch the mother and child closely and report anything that might interest the governor. C) Hester agreed to let Chillingworth live with her and Pearl so they could all be a "real" family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester would constantly remind Pearl of her sin. 17. What word means to satisfy completely or fully? A) Wretch. B) Satiate. C) Atheist. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satiate. 18. Evil fame or reputation A) Abate. B) Ignominy. C) Infamy. D) Irks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infamy. 19. What is Hester's reaction after watching Chillingworth leave? A) She feels relieved. B) She says she hates him. C) She is indifferent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She says she hates him. 20. Why do Hester and Pearl go into the forest? A) To pick flowers. B) To pray. C) To meet Dimmesdale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To meet Dimmesdale. 21. Members of the upper-class A) Impropriety. B) Gentility. C) Lurid. D) Furrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gentility. 22. What is the symbolism of the scaffold in the Scarlet Letter? A) Public shame and punishment. B) A representation of love and forgiveness. C) A sign of honor and respect. D) A symbol of freedom and redemption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public shame and punishment. 23. After being called forth to address Hester, what does Reverend Dimmesdale demand that Hester do? A) Publicly reveal the identity of her baby's father. B) Give her baby up for adoption for the child's own good. C) Tell him who the baby's father is in private. D) Protect the identity of her baby's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protect the identity of her baby's father. 24. Great enthusiasm A) Autumnal. B) Fervor. C) Behoove. D) Impropriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fervor. 25. She tends to attribute her success to hard work and perseverance. What does the word 'attribute' mean? A) A characteristic or quality of something. B) To go together with someone or something. C) Very small or not easy to notice. D) To live or stay in a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A characteristic or quality of something. 26. She is an ..... , always keeping her thoughts to herself. A) Vivacious. B) Forsake. C) Reproach. D) Enigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enigma. 27. A large, usually impressive building A) Amenable. B) Edifice. C) Evanescent. D) Scourged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edifice. 28. What does Pearl do when she first sees her mother without the scarlet letter? A) She is excited for her mother. B) She convulses and screams. C) She runs away. D) She runs to hug her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She convulses and screams. 29. What reason does Governor Bellingham give Hester for wanting to take Pearl away? A) To save her soul. B) To teach her to be a proper lady. C) To give her a decent education. D) To shield her from shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To save her soul. 30. The author's work will be remembered by posterity for its profound impact on literature. What does the word 'posterity' mean? A) A dangerous person who doesn't follow rules. B) Not always the same or steady. C) Future generations or descendants of someone. D) To tie or fasten something together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Future generations or descendants of someone. 31. What word means to start or create something important? A) Accord. B) Edifice. C) Earnest. D) Establish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Establish. 32. What word means having a reputation for being notorious? A) Infer. B) Manifest. C) Forthwith. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infamy. 33. When Hester is pressured to reveal the name of her baby's father, she replies, A) "He must reveal it himself.". B) "I will tell you three days from today.". C) "Mr. Prynne". D) "Never!". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Never!". 34. "She demanded to be taken up in arms; but was soon as imperious to be set down again ..... " Which of the following best defines imperious? A) Fearful. B) Regretting. C) Commanding. D) Whining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commanding. 35. The artist was asked to ..... on the inspiration behind his latest masterpiece. A) Elaborate. B) Exemplary. C) Habitual. D) Comprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elaborate. 36. People wanted their children to play with Pearl. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. Which of the following bodies of water is a symbol in TSL? A) The brook. B) The lake. C) The creek. D) The ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The brook. 38. Lessen; reduce in amount or degree A) Impropriety. B) Infamy. C) Inauspicious. D) Abate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abate. 39. Who left money and property to Pearl in his will? A) Chillingworth. B) Gov. Bellingham. C) Dimmesdale. D) Captain of the ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chillingworth. 40. The artist was asked to elaborate on the inspiration behind his latest masterpiece. What does the word 'elaborate' mean? A) A living thing that will eventually die. B) To ask for something very politely. C) Something you do often or regularly. D) To explain something in more detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To explain something in more detail. 41. What word means the bouncing back of light or sound? A) Subtle. B) Attribute. C) Establish. D) Reflections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reflections. 42. What word means doing the opposite of what's expected? A) Gesticulate. B) Perverse. C) Evoke. D) Abyss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perverse. 43. She showed great ..... towards the homeless man, offering him a warm meal and a place to stay. A) Compassion. B) Compliance. C) Pathos. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compassion. 44. How do the women react to Hester's embroidered letter? A) The letter is so flashy that it makes her sin seem less serious. B) They are angry that she only has to wear the letter until her child is eighteen. C) They are pleased she stitched the word "adulterer" in it with bright gold thread so that everyone knows her sin. D) They are happy that she made the letter ugly to match her sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter is so flashy that it makes her sin seem less serious. 45. Who takes on a false identity to exact revenge? A) Mistress Hibbins. B) Hester. C) Rev. Dimmesdale. D) Dr. Chillingworth. E) Governor Billingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr. Chillingworth. 46. In Hawthorne's view, which seems more likely to symbolize wildness and emotion? A) The town or city. B) Nature or the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature or the forest. 47. Why is Chillingworth sometimes referred to by townspeople as a "leech" ? A) He's always sucking up to people, specifically Governor Bellingham. B) He's always taking blood from his patients. C) He sucked the joy of Boston when he arrived. D) "Leech" was a common slang term for a doctor at that time. E) T. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Leech" was a common slang term for a doctor at that time. 48. What does the letter A worn by Hester symbolize? A) Isolation. B) Shame. C) Inner growth. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner growth. 49. What word means a safe place to stay or hide? A) Contemporary. B) Sage. C) Refuge. D) Infernal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refuge. 50. She took a deliberate approach to solving the problem. What does the word 'deliberate' mean? A) Acting like you're the boss. B) Having a pale or washed-out color. C) A view, especially a wide one. D) To think carefully before making a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To think carefully before making a decision. 51. What is the definition of 'abstracted'? A) Strength and courage to face challenges. B) A strong and violent storm with wind. C) Lost in thought and not paying attention. D) Taking care of someone's needs or problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lost in thought and not paying attention. 52. How does Chillingworth end up becoming Dimmesdale's physician? A) Governor Bellingham orders Chillingworth. B) Dimmesdale asked Chillingworth about his heart pain. C) Hester begs Chillingworth to help Dimmesdale. D) The townspeople pressured Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The townspeople pressured Dimmesdale. 53. What does the governor hope to do with Pearl? A) Put Pearl in a boarding school. B) Take Pearl away from Hester. C) Question Pearl about her father. D) Ship Pearl overseas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take Pearl away from Hester. 54. Pearl is a quiet, obedient child. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 55. What word means to pay attention to something? A) Derive. B) Prevail. C) Heed. D) Accord. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heed. 56. What is the definition of 'endow'? A) A person who travels to a holy place. B) Strange, odd, or weird in appearance. C) To tie or fasten something securely. D) To give or provide something valuable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give or provide something valuable. 57. For what does the letter A stand? A) Alone. B) Adultery. C) Adopted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adultery. 58. She sang a hauntingly beautiful ..... at the concert. A) Consternation. B) Arraign. C) Inconsistent. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 59. Which word means a grave risk of danger? A) Solemnity. B) Consecrate. C) Kin. D) Peril. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peril. 60. After a brief space, the convulsion grew almost imperceptible, and finally subsided ..... Here the word imperceptible means A) Violent. B) Unmanageable. C) Unnoticeable. D) Senseless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unnoticeable. ← 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