This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 31 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means holiness or godliness? A) Consecration. B) Abominable. C) Haste. D) Sanctity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanctity. 2. Where did Hawthorne work before marrying Sophia Peabody? A) Boston Custom House. B) Salem Museum. C) Concord Library. D) Maine College. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boston Custom House. 3. What word means something that is not positive? A) Negative. B) Calamity. C) Foliage. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 4. Why is the forest scene considered a turning point in the novel? A) The forest scene is a turning point due to the protagonist's challenge and character development. B) The forest scene is a turning point due to the introduction of a new character. C) The forest scene is a turning point because of a sudden change in scenery. D) The forest scene is a turning point because of the weather conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The forest scene is a turning point due to the protagonist's challenge and character development. 5. Great warmth and earnestness of feeling A) Fervor. B) Amenable. C) Edifice. D) Abate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fervor. 6. The only punishment NOT given to Hester for the crime of adultery was A) Standing on the scaffold. B) Whipping. C) Forced to wear a scarlet letter. D) Time spent in jail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whipping. 7. MLA reports should be typed in 12 point font. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. When Hester sees Dimmesdale's weakened condition she ..... A) Decides to confront Chillingworth and ask to be released from their agreement. B) Feels guilty about making a deal with Chillingworth to keep silent about his identity. C) Thinks Dimmesdale would have been better off dead than suffering for so long. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. The ..... nature of the software allows users to customize it according to their preferences. A) Capricious. B) Abyss. C) Gesticulate. D) Mutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutable. 10. Having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite or hatred A) Invigorated. B) Satiating. C) Malevolent. D) Machinations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malevolent. 11. How does Dimmesdale answer Pearl? A) He says yes he will. B) He says he won't stand there tomorrow, but he will on judgment day. C) He tells Pearl to be quiet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He says he won't stand there tomorrow, but he will on judgment day. 12. While at the Governor's home, Hester is questioned about her ability to parent Pearl. Why does she say she is a good mother? A) Because she can raise Pearl to not make the same mistakes she herself has made. B) Because she will no longer teach Pearl religion. C) Because she can use Pearl against the man she had an affair with. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because she can raise Pearl to not make the same mistakes she herself has made. 13. Why does Pearl refuse to cross the stream to join Hester and Dimmesdale A) She is scared of Dimmesdale. B) She doesn't recognize Hester without the scarlet letter. C) She can't swim and is afraid she will drown. D) She has decided to run away and hates her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She doesn't recognize Hester without the scarlet letter. 14. What is the definition of 'burnish'? A) To argue or disagree about something. B) To think carefully before making a decision. C) A comparison to show similarities between things. D) To make something shiny or smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make something shiny or smooth. 15. How does Herster feel about Pearl? A) She causes her great shame. B) She believes she is the most perfect.child ever. C) She wishes to be rid of the child. D) She exhibits characteristics of a child of the devil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She exhibits characteristics of a child of the devil. 16. What promise does Chillingworth exact from Hester? A) That she will not have a physical relationship with another person for the rest of her life. B) That she will reveal the name of her lover and the father of her child within one year. C) That she will not tell anyone of their prior relationship and that he is her husband. D) That she will not remain silent and not reveal the name of her lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she will not tell anyone of their prior relationship and that he is her husband. 17. What word means to get or obtain something from something else? A) Derive. B) Sojourn. C) Impending. D) Eloquent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derive. 18. The main action of The Scarlet Letter takes place in Boston. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. The lieutenant charged the insolent private with ..... or defiance. A) Peremptory. B) Stubbornness. C) Writhe. D) Insubordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insubordination. 20. What detail suggests that the baby was born in jail? A) She blinked a lot when exposed to the sun. B) She didn't want to be held by her mother,. C) She was quite fat. D) She laughed at the magistrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She blinked a lot when exposed to the sun. 21. What is the scarlet A's super power? A) To detect solitude in others. B) To detect judgement in others. C) To detect sin in others. D) To detect hope in others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To detect sin in others. 22. The firefighters worked to quell the raging fire. What does the word 'quell' mean? A) To delay or put off for later. B) To stop or calm something down. C) The ability to get desired results. D) Looking at something very closely and carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stop or calm something down. 23. Interpret the moral dilemmas faced by Dimmesdale and Hester in this section of the novel. A) Hester faces the dilemma of adopting her child out of wedlock. B) Dimmesdale faces the dilemma of confessing his sin publicly, while Hester faces the dilemma of revealing the identity of her child's father. C) Dimmesdale faces the dilemma of running away from his responsibilities. D) Dimmesdale faces the dilemma of revealing Hester's secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale faces the dilemma of confessing his sin publicly, while Hester faces the dilemma of revealing the identity of her child's father. 24. While standing on the scaffold the minister sees a meteor in the sky. A) No Change. B) Scaffold, the. C) Meteor, in. D) Standing, on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scaffold, the. 25. What word means speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively? A) Bond. B) Sojourn. C) Eloquent. D) Discerning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eloquent. 26. During the course of the novel, Hester removes the scarlet letter from her dress A) Never. B) Only on holidays. C) Only once. D) Only in church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only once. 27. To become used to hardship, difficulty pain A) Obstinacy. B) Sojourn. C) Machination. D) Inure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inure. 28. A character that displays a variety of different types of emotions is a ..... character. A) Round. B) Flat. C) Dynamic. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round. 29. What does Hester mean when tells Pearl, "Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!" A) Hester is saying Pearl has to create her own happiness because Hester has none to offer. B) Hester is saying they don't have any money and it's up to Pearl to make them wealthy. C) Hester doesn't love her daughter and she is planning to give her up to a family who can love her. D) Hester thinks Pearl is lazy and needs to start doing things on her own. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester is saying Pearl has to create her own happiness because Hester has none to offer. 30. In her physical appearance, Pearl A) Resembles Roger Chillingworth. B) Is homely. C) Looks like other Puritan children. D) Is beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is beautiful. 31. Despite the odds, determination and perseverance ..... ed in the face of adversity. A) Heed. B) Refuge. C) Momentous. D) Prevail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prevail. 32. What is the definition of 'intuitive'? A) Very deep and meaningful. B) Knowing or understanding without needing instructions. C) Being very special and important. D) A prediction or message from a higher power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knowing or understanding without needing instructions. 33. The minister of the church delivers ..... every Sunday. A) Sermons. B) Wicked. C) Purify. D) Saint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sermons. 34. Who is the person who helps Hester win a custody battle? A) Reverend Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. C) Reverend Wilson. D) Mistress Hibbins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverend Dimmesdale. 35. To be absorbed into the dominant cultural tradition A) Gesticulation. B) Emoluments. C) Assimilate. D) Vivify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilate. 36. How does the character development progress in Chapter 4? A) Character development is non-existent in Chapter 4. B) Character development is stagnant and uninteresting. C) Character development progresses through internal conflicts and subsequent growth. D) Character development is solely driven by external factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character development progresses through internal conflicts and subsequent growth. 37. The ..... fence created an elegant boundary around the garden. A) Premeditated. B) Lattice. C) Vista. D) Lineage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lattice. 38. Address, greeting A) Gratuitous. B) Enigma. C) Gild. D) Accosting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accosting. 39. Who did Hawthorne marry? A) Sophia Peabody. B) Mary Hutchins. C) Abigail Adams. D) Charity Beecher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sophia Peabody. 40. Governor Bellingham want to take Pearl away from Hester. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 41. Without further expostulation, she signed the document. What does expostulation mean? A) Reading. B) Hesitation. C) Discussion. D) Meditation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discussion. 42. Why are the townspeople so sure of Reverend Dimmesdale's devotion to his faith? A) His public prayers. B) His fast and vigils. C) His powerful, fire-and-brimstone sermons. D) His selfless tending to the needy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His fast and vigils. 43. She would often ..... her love for him, but he didn't believe her. A) Depravity. B) Profess. C) Shrewd. D) Comely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profess. 44. How is Pearl different from the other children? A) She is the only girl in town. B) She isn't allowed to play with them, and spends all her time with her mother. C) Pearl doesn't like to play with dolls or play games. D) Pearl is just an only child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She isn't allowed to play with them, and spends all her time with her mother. 45. Who is dying during the night that Dimmesdale goes to the scaffold? A) The former Governor Winthrop. B) Governor Bellingham. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) President Pierce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The former Governor Winthrop. 46. What is Hester sewing for Governor Winthrop? A) A baptismal gown for his infant son. B) His death shroud. C) A shawl to ward off the winter chill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His death shroud. 47. Identify one possible interpretation of the meteor's symbolism in the story. A) A natural phenomenon with no deeper meaning. B) A message from God. C) A sign of Satan's power. D) A symbol of Arthur's guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A symbol of Arthur's guilt. 48. Chillingworth made Hester swear not to reveal that he ..... A) Was Pearl's father. B) Has blinded a patient. C) Was her husband. D) Had no medical degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was her husband. 49. She spent hours in the studio composing her latest piece of music. What does the word 'compose' mean? A) A characteristic or quality of something. B) Not easy to notice or understand. C) To create or make something (such as music or a story). D) To start or create something important. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create or make something (such as music or a story). 50. The minister of the town's name is: A) Roger Chillingsworth. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Dr. Arthur Chillingsworth. D) Arthur Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arthur Dimmesdale. 51. Where is Hester coming from? A) Jail. B) Home. C) The marketplace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jail. 52. She was admired for her ..... appearance. A) Profess. B) Hallowed. C) Comely. D) Antiquated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comely. 53. The police warned that the felon would ..... or commit any crime without remorse. A) Quell. B) Perpetrate. C) Le samurai family. D) Pervade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perpetrate. 54. N. person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, or business A) Archives. B) Patriarch. C) Vicissitude. D) Torpor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patriarch. 55. Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentenceis too light? A) The children of the town. B) The men of the town. C) The women of the town. D) The ministers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The women of the town. 56. "At the epoch of pristine simplicity ..... public interest, and of far less intrinsic weight than the welfare of Hester and her child ..... " Which of the following best defines intrinsic? A) Memorable. B) Essential. C) Complicated. D) Unimportant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Essential. 57. She spent hours in the studio composing her latest piece of music. A) Venerable. B) Compose. C) Ignominious. D) Mortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compose. 58. Pearl became the ..... of those days in New England. A) Most beautiful woman. B) Richest person. C) Youngest woman. D) Weakest person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richest person. 59. How long must Hester wear the scarlet letter? A) The rest of her life. B) Until she reveals the name of her lover. C) Until she moves away. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. Which sin do you think is worse? A) Dimmesdale's concealment of his part in Hester's adultery. B) Chillingworth's acts of revenge. 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