This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The quality of being successful in producing an intended result; effectiveness A) Caprice. B) Delve. C) Efficacy. D) Mutability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Efficacy. 2. She took a cautious approach to the problem, carefully considering all possible solutions. What does the word 'approach' mean? A) To do something nice in return. B) To come closer to something or someone. C) A disease that harms plants or crops. D) To be uncertain or indecisive about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To come closer to something or someone. 3. Who is the following quote describing? "He looked now more careworn and emaciated ..... his large dark eyes had a world of pain in their troubled and melancholy depth" (91). A) Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Governor Bellingham. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. 4. Hester felt guilty for committing adultery. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. How is Pearl dressed when they go to Belingham's Hall? A) She is dressed in a fancy scarlet dress embroidered with gold thread. B) She is adorned in garments reflecting her vibrant spirit. C) She wears a simple yet elegant attire symbolizing her resilience. D) She chooses attire reflecting her connection to nature and freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is dressed in a fancy scarlet dress embroidered with gold thread. 6. She enjoys cultivating a beautiful garden in her backyard. A) Derive. B) Cultivate. C) Sage. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultivate. 7. The same mistake seemed to recur over and over again. What does the word 'recur' mean? A) The time when a king or queen rules. B) To happen again or repeatedly. C) To claim or declare something openly. D) Happening without planning or preparation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To happen again or repeatedly. 8. What can you learn from studying Pearl's character? A) Pearl is different. B) Pearl is inherently like her mother as children are. C) Pearl is wild and strange. D) Pearl is brilliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl is inherently like her mother as children are. 9. What is the significance of the oak tree in the story? A) Symbolizes strength and endurance. B) Reflects beauty and grace. C) Signifies new beginnings and growth. D) Represents wisdom and knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolizes strength and endurance. 10. The venerable old teacher had a wealth of wisdom to share with her students. What does the word 'venerable' mean? A) An agreement or harmony between people. B) To show sincere and serious intent. C) To create or make something (such as music or a story). D) Respected and admired because of old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respected and admired because of old age. 11. Exceedingly talkative A) Prattle. B) Scintillating. C) Vivacity. D) Loquacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loquacity. 12. We will correspond via email to discuss the project details. What does the word 'correspond' mean? A) A question or request for information. B) A really deep and dark hole. C) Able to be changed or altered. D) To match or be similar to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To match or be similar to something. 13. Hester argues that God gave her the child, Pearl. Who else is arguing the same and for her to be allowed to keep the child? A) Roger Chillingworth. B) Pastor Wilson. C) Reverend Dimmesdale. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reverend Dimmesdale. 14. Why do the authorities allow Hester to keep Pearl? A) Hester offers them a bribe. B) The child keeps Hester from committing worse sins. C) No one wants Pearl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The child keeps Hester from committing worse sins. 15. Ch. 12-What does Pearl ask Dimmesdale to do when they meet on the scaffold? A) To secretly leave the town that night. B) To admit his sin to her and Hester in private. C) To appear on the scaffold with her and Hester in public. D) To confess his love for Hester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To appear on the scaffold with her and Hester in public. 16. Hester's sentence was what? A) 3 hours on the scaffold & must wear the scarlet letter on her dress. B) 3 days on the scaffold. C) Death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 hours on the scaffold & must wear the scarlet letter on her dress. 17. Although Hester is a skilled seamstress, what is she never allowed to sew? A) Bride's veils. B) Children's clothes. C) Bedding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bride's veils. 18. Who does Hester say needs to know the identity of her enemy? A) The doctor. B) Reverend Dimmesdale. C) Chillingworth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reverend Dimmesdale. 19. The snake injected its venom into its prey, paralyzing it. What does the word 'venom' mean? A) To break a rule or go against it. B) The time between daylight and darkness. C) Growing thick and full. D) A poison produced by some animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A poison produced by some animals. 20. What catches Governor's attention? A) Pearl's clothes. B) Hester's clothes. C) Pearl's footwear. D) Hester's scarlet letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl's clothes. 21. What word means the act of becoming an official religious leader? A) Pilgrim. B) Morbid. C) Imbibe. D) Ordination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ordination. 22. The identity of the person who is called upon to speak to Hester from a "high place" A) Arthur Dimmesdale. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) John Wilson. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arthur Dimmesdale. 23. An example of an auspicious occasion is a ..... A) Final exam day. B) Snow blowing the driveway. C) A graduation ceremony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A graduation ceremony. 24. Did Hawthorne support Puritanism? A) YES. B) Sure. C) NO. D) Kinda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NO. 25. Who is the "Prince of Air" that is mentioned in this chapter. A) The devil. B) Lucifer. C) Satan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. Not destroyed or lost A) Relinquish. B) Extant. C) Tome. D) Imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extant. 27. What is the definition of 'expel'? A) To show that something is true. B) Extremely unpleasant or disgusting. C) Something that is hidden or undeveloped. D) To make someone leave or kick out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make someone leave or kick out. 28. The bright colors of the flowers create a beautiful ..... against the green leaves. A) Interpose. B) Twilight. C) Infer. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrast. 29. What is the definition of 'despot'? A) Disgusting and makes you want to stay away. B) A ruler who has complete power. C) Having the freedom to make decisions independently. D) Kind and not causing harm or danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A ruler who has complete power. 30. Stubbornly disobedient; rebellious A) Contumaciously. B) Dearth. C) Vivify. D) Infantile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contumaciously. 31. The starving dog was emaciated and desperately needed food. What does the word 'emaciated' mean? A) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. B) Clever and smart in making decisions. C) Happening without planning or preparation. D) Real or genuine, not fake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food. 32. Find the best quote below to support the following conclusion:Arthur struggles with internal conflict over the birth of Pearl. A) Nothing but pain. Happy are you to wear the scarlet letter openly.". B) "Let us leave [Hester and Pearl] as God has placed them". C) "With the child, God gave [Hester] a blessing and also a torture". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing but pain. Happy are you to wear the scarlet letter openly.". 33. A bodily gesture, as a bow expressing respect A) Gild. B) Rice sansae. C) Devout. D) Barter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice sansae. 34. What is the definition of 'efficacy'? A) Investigation to find out the cause. B) The ability to get desired results. C) To create or put together something. D) Someone's special romantic partner or sweetheart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability to get desired results. 35. What word means full of energy and enthusiasm? A) Blight. B) Enigma. C) Approach. D) Vivacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vivacious. 36. The ..... or judge sentenced her to 20 years of community service for littering. A) Amenable. B) Peremptory. C) Perpetrate. D) Magistrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magistrate. 37. What is the definition of 'relapse'? A) To keep trying despite challenges or obstacles. B) A person who helps organize and control things. C) To get sick again after getting better. D) To lift or praise someone very high. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get sick again after getting better. 38. For haughty as her demeanor was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her ..... here the word haughty means A) Playful. B) Humble. C) High-born. D) Proud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proud. 39. What is the antonym for lurid? A) Ghostly. B) Sensational. C) Cheap. D) Modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modest. 40. Her conceit led her to believe she was superior to everyone else. What does the word 'conceit' mean? A) A short trip or outing for fun. B) Impossible to separate or untangle. C) Thinking you're better than everyone. D) Completely filled or abundantly supplied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinking you're better than everyone. 41. What action does Dimmesdale take while he is out during Ch. 12? A) He prays for forgiveness on his knees. B) He whips himself with the scourge. C) He takes himself to the scaffold and screams loudly. D) He goes to the forest, hoping to meet the Black Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He takes himself to the scaffold and screams loudly. 42. How does the narrator characterize the women of "old English birth" ? A) Pale, thin, and fragile. B) Man-like with broad shoulders. C) Silly, lazy, and useless. D) Beyond pretty; gorgeous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man-like with broad shoulders. 43. She refused to acquiesce to his demands. What does the word 'acquiesce' mean? A) Something that is not positive. B) To beg or plead with someone. C) To agree or go along with something. D) A poet or singer in ancient times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To agree or go along with something. 44. Be a warning or indication of (a future event). A) Meager. B) Flagrant. C) Betokened. D) Congenial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Betokened. 45. She delivered an eloquent speech that moved the entire audience. What does the word 'eloquent' mean? A) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. B) About to happen or occur soon. C) To interfere or get involved, often unwanted. D) A safe place to stay or hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speaking or writing very clearly and persuasively. 46. All of the following are ironies that occur in the first scaffold scene except: A) The irony that Hester is married to Chillingworth but has had a child with another man. B) The irony that Chillingworth chides Hester from the crowd, asking her to reveal the father. C) The irony that Dimmesdale is called upon to ask Hester who the father is. D) The irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together. 47. What was ironic about the location of the scaffold? A) It was built three miles out of town. B) It stood nearly beneath the eaves of the church. C) It stood next to the school. D) It was in the middle of the town square. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It stood nearly beneath the eaves of the church. 48. What appears in the sky while Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale are standing together? A) Eclipse. B) Meteors. C) Rainbows. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteors. 49. What did Pearl say when the governor and ministers asked "Who made you?" A) She says "My mom made me". B) She says "God made me". C) She says she was picked from a rose bush. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She says she was picked from a rose bush. 50. Hester eventually gives in and tells the name of the man she cheated with A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. The constant noise from the construction site ..... ed the neighborhood. A) Volley. B) Blasphemy. C) Stupefy. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vex. 52. "It was whispered that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passageways of the interior." This sentence provides examples of both A) Simile and Metaphor. B) Imagery and Personification. C) Alliteration and Onomatopoeia. D) Symbolism and Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery and Personification. 53. What happens to Chillingworth at the end of the book? A) He goes to England. B) He dies. C) He goes to live with Ester and Pearl. D) He stays in Boston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He dies. 54. What reasons does Hawthorne give for Hester remaining in Boston where she is an outcast? A) She desires to remain close to her lover. B) The place of her sin should be the place of her punishment. C) A and B. D) Neither A nor B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A and B. 55. True or False:Pearl is a Round character. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. In a way that is patently evident or certain; unquestionably; without doubt. A) Iniquity. B) Congenial. C) Infamy. D) Indubitably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indubitably. 57. Who peeks out the window, but doesn't see Dimmesdale? A) Mistress Hibbins. B) Reverend Wilson. C) Governor Bellingham. D) Hester Prynne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mistress Hibbins. 58. What did Hester have to do by the brook before Pearl would come across? A) Pin her A back on. B) Promise to come to the brook again. C) Promise that they would move away together. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pin her A back on. 59. She decided to entreat her parents for permission to attend the concert. What does the word 'entreat' mean? A) To ask for something very politely. B) Very deep and meaningful. C) To explain something in more detail. D) A prediction or message from a higher power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ask for something very politely. 60. She is a progressive thinker, always seeking new ways to improve the world. What does the word 'progressive' mean? A) Doing what you are supposed to do. B) Lost in thought and not paying attention. C) A strong and violent storm with wind. D) Continuous improvement or advancement towards a goal. 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