This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the main character in The Scarlet Letter? A) Roger Chillingworth. B) John Winthrop. C) Pearl. D) Hester Prynne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester Prynne. 2. Hester is tempted to tell Pearl all about her suffering and the truth about the scarlet letter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. In the previous sentence, the word demeanor means A) Mood or feeling. B) History or past. C) Clothing or style of dress. D) Behavior or manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behavior or manner. 4. The National Guard was able to ..... or subdue the riot in about two hours. A) Pervade. B) Quell. C) Amend. D) Le samurai family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quell. 5. What word means to create or come up with a plan? A) Devise. B) Approach. C) Reproach. D) Petulant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devise. 6. What word means extreme anger or fierce rage? A) Wrath. B) Inexplicable. C) Query. D) Capricious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrath. 7. He consulted a ..... source before making his decision. A) Inconsistent. B) Consternation. C) Reputable. D) Scruples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reputable. 8. What word means to agree or go along with something? A) Foliage. B) Precipice. C) Austere. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acquiesce. 9. The picture frame hung askew on the wall. What does the word 'askew' mean? A) A bright streak of light in the sky. B) No longer in existence or operation. C) Not straight or not lined up correctly. D) Not enough or very little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not straight or not lined up correctly. 10. What word means someone who says one thing but does another? A) Hypocrite. B) Amiable. C) Latent. D) Introspection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypocrite. 11. What spoils Hester's plans to leave Massachusetts aboard ship? A) Pearl gets ill. B) The ship sinks before docking. C) Dimmesdale dies. D) Chillingworth is going, too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chillingworth is going, too. 12. "In the two years she has been here, no word has come of her husband!" A) Dr. Chillingworth. B) A townsman. C) Governor Bellingham. D) Reverend Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A townsman. 13. What word best describes Roger Chillingworth in chapter 9? A) Doctor. B) True friend. C) Hypocrite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypocrite. 14. What does the word "iniquity" mean? A) Wickedness. B) Appearance; aspect. C) To destroy the self-confidence of. D) Extremely or purposefully conspicuous usually because of uncommon objectionable evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wickedness. 15. She traced her family's lineage back several generations. What does the word 'lineage' mean? A) Someone who is running away from something or someone. B) To make something shiny or smooth. C) To calm or make someone peaceful. D) The family line you come from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The family line you come from. 16. What word means extreme wickedness or moral corruption? A) Depravity. B) Comely. C) Spontaneous. D) Illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depravity. 17. What is the definition of 'deception'? A) To make something sacred or special. B) To trick or make someone believe something false. C) To satisfy completely or fully. D) A spooky ghost or phantom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To trick or make someone believe something false. 18. What is the name of Hester Prynne's daughter? A) Charlotte. B) Sophia. C) Emily. D) Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pearl. 19. What does Chillingworth suggest about the real meaning of the strange plants growing on a grave? A) That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart. B) They are poisonous and Satanic. C) That they are meant as a signal from someone who wishes Dimmesdale harm. D) That their strange beauty is a result of the divine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart. 20. According to Chillingworth, who does he think has made Dimmesdale suffer? A) Hester. B) Pearl. C) The Devil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Devil. 21. The setting for The Scarlet Letter is ..... A) Boston, Massachusetts. B) Birmingham, Alabama. C) England. D) New Hampshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston, Massachusetts. 22. What word means a puzzle or mystery that is confusing? A) Approach. B) Enigma. C) Blight. D) Chaos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enigma. 23. Something that haunts or perturbs the mind A) Contiguity. B) Misanthropy. C) Spectre. D) Cadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectre. 24. One who wields controlling power A) Steed. B) Wormwood. C) Big. D) Potentate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potentate. 25. She received ..... praise for her outstanding performance in the play. A) Profuse. B) Nautical. C) Consternation. D) Effervescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profuse. 26. They formed a strong bond over their shared experiences. What does the word 'bond' mean? A) Happening or existing in the same time period. B) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. C) A strong connection or relationship between people. D) To agree or make an agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A strong connection or relationship between people. 27. The one who is "worse than even the polluted priest, " who "violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart." A) Pearl. B) Chillingworth. C) Dimmesdale. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chillingworth. 28. Lacking in substance or desirable qualities A) Throng. B) Sepulchre. C) Meager. D) Tribunal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meager. 29. What is the general attitude of the women standing around the scaffold towards Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) Admiring. B) Indifferent. C) Sympathetic. D) Judgmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Judgmental. 30. What does Hester see when she looks at her reflection in the breastplate of a suit of armor at the Governor's residence? A) A reflection of herself without the scarlet letter. B) A clear reflection of herself and Pearl. C) A vision of her future without Pearl. D) Her reflection completely hidden behind the scarlet letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her reflection completely hidden behind the scarlet letter. 31. She decided to forsake her dreams and pursue a more practical career. What does the word 'forsake' mean? A) To leave or abandon someone or something. B) To be uncertain or indecisive about something. C) Full of energy and enthusiasm. D) To express disapproval or disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To leave or abandon someone or something. 32. What is the occupation of the character Roger Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter? A) Physician. B) Minister. C) Blacksmith. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physician. 33. Ch. 8 What does Hester say when Governor Bellingham asks how she can justify keeping Pearl? A) That she'll teach Pearl what she's learned from wearing the scarlet letter. B) That she'll make sure Pearl never knows who her father is. C) That Pearl is the only source of joy in her life. D) That she'll teach Pearl how to be an upstanding Puritan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That she'll teach Pearl what she's learned from wearing the scarlet letter. 34. How does Hester feel with her life now? A) Pearl is needed. B) Full of hate. C) Unused. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unused. 35. Pearls physical appearance is A) Beautiful. B) Looks like other Puritan children. C) Looks older than what she is. D) Homely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. 36. Compelled; urged to action by moral pressure A) Impelled. B) Imbued. C) Implied. D) Ingenuity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impelled. 37. To give life and energy; animate A) Prattle. B) Solace. C) Trammell. D) Invigorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invigorate. 38. Why is Pearl so closely paralleled with nature? A) Nature is a refuge for Pearl because she does not belong in the harsh Puritan world. B) Pearl is a natural beauty and reflects all that is good in nature. C) Pearl represents the dark and dangerous side of nature because she was born sinful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature is a refuge for Pearl because she does not belong in the harsh Puritan world. 39. What favor does Hester ask from Governor Bellingham in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) To remove her scarlet letter. B) To have a better house. C) To leave the town. D) To keep her child. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To keep her child. 40. The sheep peacefully grazed in the ..... landscape. A) Pastoral. B) Recur. C) Accord. D) Utmost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pastoral. 41. Who received Roger Chillinworth's inheritance? A) Pearl. B) His new wife. C) Hester. D) The people of Salem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl. 42. The disease blight devastated the entire crop. What does the word 'blight' mean? A) A state of total confusion and disorder. B) To create or come up with a plan. C) To express disapproval or disappointment. D) A disease that harms plants or crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A disease that harms plants or crops. 43. Why does Hester react when she sees the man with uneven shoulders in the crowd? A) Because she sees the baby's father. B) Because she doesn't recognize the man. C) Because she knows it is her long lost husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she knows it is her long lost husband. 44. His wrath was unleashed upon those who had wronged him. What does the word 'wrath' mean? A) Extreme anger or fierce rage. B) Able to be understood or heard. C) To match or be similar to something. D) A question or request for information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extreme anger or fierce rage. 45. The police were able to identify the culprit through DNA evidence. What does the word 'culprit' mean? A) To make up for a mistake. B) A person who did something wrong. C) Someone who doesn't believe in God. D) Being represented by a physical form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who did something wrong. 46. She paused to take a moment of reflection on her past actions. What does the word 'reflection' mean? A) Able to be changed or altered. B) What you see when light bounces back. C) To care for and help something grow. D) A question or request for information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What you see when light bounces back. 47. The artifact found in the tomb sheds light on the customs and culture of ..... A) Deliberate. B) Vex. C) Antiquity. D) Stupefy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antiquity. 48. A sense of foreboding washed over her as she entered the old, dark house. What does the word 'foreboding' mean? A) Up until now. B) No longer in existence or operation. C) A feeling that something bad might happen. D) Thinking you're better than everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A feeling that something bad might happen. 49. What does the scarlet letter symbolize in the novel? A) Freedom and liberation. B) Honor and respect. C) Love and forgiveness. D) Sin and shame. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sin and shame. 50. What word means a view, especially a wide one? A) Chronicle. B) Relinquish. C) Pacify. D) Vista. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vista. 51. What does Chillingworth ask Hester to do for him? A) Grant him a divorce. B) Swear to the public that he is the father of her child. C) Swear to never identify him as her husband. D) Allow him to raise her daughter as his own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swear to never identify him as her husband. 52. N. building, especially a large and imposing one A) Ignominy. B) Edifice. C) Archives. D) Exhorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edifice. 53. Who defends Hester at Governor Bellingham's house? A) Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) His maid. D) Rev. John Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. 54. The ..... businessman always knew how to make a profitable deal. A) Depravity. B) Proximity. C) Shrewd. D) Reign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shrewd. 55. She asked her friend to accompany her to the movie. What does the word 'accompany' mean? A) Changing your mind or behavior frequently. B) To find a solution or make a decision. C) To go somewhere together with someone. D) Able to be changed or altered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go somewhere together with someone. 56. When does Pearl understand who her father is? A) When her mom speaks to Chillingworth . B) When Dimmersdale climbs up the platform. C) At the end of the story. D) At the beginning of the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the end of the story. 57. She used a soft cloth to ..... the silverware, making it shine like new. A) Premeditated. B) Burnish. C) Variation. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burnish. 58. Her constant criticism began to undermine his confidence. What does the word 'undermine' mean? A) A ruler who has complete power. B) Kind and not causing harm or danger. C) To weaken or harm something secretly. D) To agree or go along with something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To weaken or harm something secretly. 59. Hester has to endure three punishments. Banishment to the Caribbean is one of the three punishments. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. What did Pearl do to keep herself amused on the beach? A) She played with other children. B) She made a sandcastle. C) She made an "A" out of seaweed. D) None of above. 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