This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 37 (53 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the one incongruity in the otherwise gloomy scene outside the prison door in chapter 1? A) A rainbow. B) A rose bush. C) A bird song. D) A smiling child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rose bush. 2. The narrator speaks in which point-of-view throughout the introduction? A) Third person omniscient. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person. 3. Ch. 12-What choice does Dimmesdale make after Chillingworth appears and urges him to get down from the scaffold? A) To confess his sin to the townspeople and accept his punishment. B) To leave with Hester and Pearl to start a new life elsewhere. C) To admit his sin to Chillingworth and ask for his forgiveness. D) To continue hiding his sin and return home with Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To continue hiding his sin and return home with Chillingworth. 4. "living hieroglyphic" A) Chillingworth. B) Hester. C) Pearl. D) Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pearl. 5. What is the title of chapter 2? A) The Prison Door. B) The Market Place. C) The Reognition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Market Place. 6. What is the definition of 'scrutiny'? A) Looking at something very closely and carefully. B) Investigation to find out the cause. C) Getting back at someone who hurt you. D) A place where an animal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking at something very closely and carefully. 7. Where does Hester live? A) In the center of town over a bar. B) In secret with Chillingworth on a farm. C) In the forest with a group of witches. D) On the outskirts of town in a cottage near the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the outskirts of town in a cottage near the ocean. 8. What is the definition of 'unrequited'? A) A place where an animal lives. B) Love that is not returned. C) To tell someone to do or not do something. D) Looking at something very closely and carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love that is not returned. 9. Why does Chillingworth book passage on the ship? A) He has cured Dimmesdale. B) He has tired of revenge. C) He cannot bear to see Hester and Dimmesdale together. D) He wants to thwart Hester and Dimmesdale's escape plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He wants to thwart Hester and Dimmesdale's escape plan. 10. Besides Chillingworth, what other townsperson seems to know about Hester and Arthur? A) The governor. B) The other minister. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mistress Hibbins. 11. What is the definition of 'perverse'? A) To go somewhere together with someone. B) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. C) To find a solution or make a decision. D) Doing the opposite of what's expected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing the opposite of what's expected. 12. Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative A) Ignominy. B) Abate. C) Amenable. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peremptory. 13. What does Hester do to make money? A) She works at the church. B) She sews clothing. C) She is a cook. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She sews clothing. 14. What is the definition of 'abominable'? A) Friendly and easy to get along with. B) Very bad or unpleasant. C) Something that is hidden or undeveloped. D) A feeling that something will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very bad or unpleasant. 15. How old was the baby? A) 3 months. B) 2 months. C) 5 months. D) 4 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 months. 16. What is the definition of 'reciprocate'? A) Full of energy and enthusiasm. B) To leave or abandon someone or something. C) Very smart or skilled for your age. D) To do something nice in return. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do something nice in return. 17. She entered the room with a ..... smile, lighting up the entire place. A) Reciprocate. B) Reproach. C) Vivacious. D) Waver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vivacious. 18. For Puritans, the "real world" was ..... A) Visible through the actions of the Puritan ideology. B) Visible and seen through symbols and signs of the invisible world. C) The physical world. D) Invisible and seen through signs and symbols in the visible world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invisible and seen through signs and symbols in the visible world. 19. What word means very gross or disgusting? A) Repugnant. B) Morbid. C) Condemn. D) Dwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repugnant. 20. After the incident on the scaffold in the middle of the night, Hester becomes increasingly worried about Dimmesdale and resolves to tell him Chillingworth's true identity. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What is the antonym of effectual? A) Pretending. B) Emotional. C) Useless. D) Efficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Useless. 22. Ch. 8 What does Pearl say when Mr. Wilson asks her who made her? A) That she was created by God. B) That Hester made her. C) That she was plucked from a rose bush. D) That she doesn't know who made her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she was plucked from a rose bush. 23. How does Hester justify her intent to break her promise to Chillingworth? A) Chillingworth forced her to make the promise under false pretenses. B) After being condemned by her adultery, keeping or breaking a promise doesn't really matter. C) The only person to whom she owes loyalty is Dimmesdale. D) She never intended to keep the promise anyway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The only person to whom she owes loyalty is Dimmesdale. 24. What event in nature is a symbol in TSL? A) Comets. B) The meteor. C) Rain storms. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meteor. 25. She sat by the window, lost in ..... thoughts. A) Ulterior. B) Pensive. C) Haggard. D) Predominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pensive. 26. What word means very sad or full of sorrow? A) Atheist. B) Subdue. C) Doleful. D) Consecrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doleful. 27. "violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart" A) Pearl. B) Chillingworth. C) Hester. D) Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chillingworth. 28. The narrator pretends that who or what speaks to him? A) The ghost of Hester Prynne. B) The scarlet letter. C) The ghost of General Prynne. D) The ghost of Surveyor Pue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The ghost of Surveyor Pue. 29. Why doesn't Chillingworth reveal Dimmesdale's secret? A) He's worried that it would ruin people's faith. B) He's not sure that Dimmesdale is really the culprit. C) He wants to continue to torment Dimmesdale. D) He doesn't want to put Heater in danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants to continue to torment Dimmesdale. 30. What word means feeling very surprised or worried? A) Bind. B) Consternation. C) Effervescent. D) Metropolis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consternation. 31. A particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc A) Epoch. B) Sagacity. C) Extant. D) Efficacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epoch. 32. Explain the significance of Pearl in the story as seen in chapters 7-12. A) Pearl represents fear, weakness, and vulnerability. B) Pearl represents purity, innocence, and the consequences of sin. C) Pearl symbolizes wealth, power, and authority. D) Pearl embodies forgiveness, redemption, and salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl represents purity, innocence, and the consequences of sin. 33. "Just send the message!" came the peremptory reply. What does peremptory mean? A) Insisting on immediate attention, in a brisk way. B) To reply in an easygoing manner, "take your time". C) Anger, rage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insisting on immediate attention, in a brisk way. 34. True or False:Hester started screaming at the whole town that she was leaving with Pearl's father and there was nothing they could do about it A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. Choose the one event listed below NOT found in the rising action of The Scarlet Letter A) Hester wears an A on her clothing to symbolize adultery. B) The other children are mean to Pearl and call her names. C) Hester returns to Boston and helps others in the community. D) The community places Hester in jail because she refuses to name the father of Pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hester returns to Boston and helps others in the community. 36. What did Pearl make out of seaweed? A) A green hat. B) A green scarf. C) A green letter A. D) A green dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A green letter A. 37. What word means asking questions to learn more information? A) Consecrate. B) Estrange. C) Misanthrope. D) Inquiry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inquiry. 38. The ..... is the main character who changes in the story. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Flat Character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 39. What is the definition of 'consecrate'? A) Someone who does not believe in gods. B) A small remaining trace or evidence. C) To make something sacred or special. D) Adjacent or touching one another in space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make something sacred or special. 40. Where does Dimmesdale go and stand late one night? A) The scaffold. B) Pulpit stage. C) Roof of the jail. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The scaffold. 41. The governor maintained a calm ..... or manner throughout the flood emergency. A) Demeanor. B) Writhe. C) Quell. D) Amenable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demeanor. 42. Of what is Pearl a living embodiment? A) The letter. B) Her father. C) Revenge. D) The law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter. 43. Commanding; dominant A) Imperious. B) Pallid. C) Extant. D) Cabalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperious. 44. The location of the dignitaries-the ministers, the magistrates, etc.-as Hester stands on the scaffold. A) In the church. B) On the scaffold. C) In the crowd. D) On the balcony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the balcony. 45. Where do Hester and Pearl move to? A) England. B) Mexico. C) Pennsylvania. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 46. What does Hester ask Dimmesdale to do for her in Chapter 8 of "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) Reveal his sin. B) Defend her in front of the council. C) Forgive her. D) Leave the town with her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defend her in front of the council. 47. Hester's ..... was commiting adultery. A) Paramour. B) Ascetic. C) Lurid. D) Iniquity. E) Meagre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iniquity. 48. Wearing the scarlet letter A seems to giveHester the ability to- A) Be kind even when she is criticized. B) Force other people to tell the truth. C) Recognize hidden sins of others. D) Know that someone needs her help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recognize hidden sins of others. 49. To whom does Hawthorne apply the term "The Leech" ? A) Pearl. B) Chillingworth. C) Hester. D) Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chillingworth. 50. Past maturity or the middle part of life A) Autumnal. B) Comport. C) Impropriety. D) Infamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autumnal. 51. After Hester climbed the platform with Pearl, she ..... A) Insisted on being blindfolded. B) Begged for her baby's life. C) Saw a face she recognized. D) Pled for her life to be spared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw a face she recognized. 52. What is the definition of 'pauper'? A) A person who is very poor. B) A poisonous substance produced by animals. C) Something that is not positive. D) Disgusting and makes you want to stay away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who is very poor. 53. She stood on the edge of the precipice, contemplating her next move. What does the word 'precipice' mean? A) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. B) Adding flavors or colors into liquid. C) When something is a sign of good luck. D) A very steep cliff or edge. 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