This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Scarlet Letter immediately sold ..... copies directly after its publication. A) 10. B) 2500. C) 1000. D) 400, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2500. 2. True or False:Hester and Dimmesdale are both being treated poorly within this chapter because of their past sins. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. What profession does Hester have that earns her money and status in the community? A) She is a gifted seamstress and makes beautiful clothes. B) She is a gifted baker and bakes cakes that people come from all over to buy. C) She is a gifted teacher who can teach the alphabet to anyone. D) She is a talented singer and sings every Sunday in church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is a gifted seamstress and makes beautiful clothes. 4. " ..... behold me here, the one sinner of the world!" A) Dimmesdale. B) Pearl. C) Hester. D) Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimmesdale. 5. We learn that Hester emigrates to America first while her husband stayed where to settle his affairs? A) London. B) Rome. C) Paris. D) Amsterdam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amsterdam. 6. What is the antonym for sagacity? A) Wisdom. B) Integrity. C) Talkativeness. D) Stupidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stupidity. 7. What word means to beg or plead with someone? A) Undermine. B) Benign. C) Conform. D) Grovel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grovel. 8. Gruesome; horrifying A) Solace. B) Lurid. C) Inure. D) Sojourn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lurid. 9. Manner; way in which a person conducts himself A) Demeanor. B) Infamy. C) Abate. D) Venerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demeanor. 10. Touching; in close proximity with; close by A) Parallel. B) Congruent. C) Contiguous. D) Apotheosize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contiguous. 11. Early in their conversation, what Dimmedsale asks Hester if she found. A) Forgiveness. B) Penitence. C) Peace. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peace. 12. Pearl, who was a dauntless child, after frowning, stamping her foot, and shaking her little hand ..... suddenly made a rush after enemies." Which of the following best defines dauntless? A) Fearful, timid. B) Dangerous, alarming. C) Fearless, determined. D) Impatient, uninterested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fearless, determined. 13. Vicki was ..... or cooperative to my suggestion that we work together on the class song. A) Perpetrate. B) Amenable. C) Insubordination. D) Writhe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amenable. 14. Charlatan; quack A) Guise. B) Latent. C) Mountebank. D) Defunct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountebank. 15. The pauper begged for food on the street corner. What does the word 'pauper' mean? A) A ruler who has complete power. B) A very deep and wide hole. C) To make it harder to do something. D) A person who is very poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who is very poor. 16. What grows outside of the prison? A) Tulips. B) A pine tree. C) A large oak tree. D) A rosebush. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rosebush. 17. Dimmesdale's ..... is quiet, uncertain, and tremulous. A) Paramour. B) Ascetic. C) Lurid. D) Demeanor. E) Iniquity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demeanor. 18. What information did Hester refuse to tell the officials and Mr. Dimmesdale? A) Against whom she had committed libel. B) Where her former husband had gone. C) The name of the man who had sinned with her. D) The age of her daughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The name of the man who had sinned with her. 19. When Chillingworth visits the prison and gives healing concoctions to Pearl and Hester, why does Hester not trust her own husband? A) He has refused to acknowledge Pearl as his own daughter. B) He has been unfaithful to Hester throughout their marriage. C) He abandoned Hester and left her to endure punishment alone. D) He had previously tried to poison Hester back in England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He abandoned Hester and left her to endure punishment alone. 20. Her ..... gesture conveyed more than words ever could. A) Attribute. B) Compose. C) Subtle. D) Compose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtle. 21. Paul was an ..... who spread the teachings of Jesus. A) Cordial. B) Apostle. C) Denounce. D) Beseech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostle. 22. Causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable A) Sagacity. B) Expatiating. C) Ludicrous. D) Epoch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ludicrous. 23. The mother tried to ..... the crying baby with a soft lullaby. A) Lineage. B) Breadth. C) Dispute. D) Pacify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacify. 24. Who is the young minister renowned for his eloquence and religious fervor? A) Reverend Wilson. B) Roger Chillingworth. C) Reverend Dimmesdale. D) Governor Bellingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reverend Dimmesdale. 25. Dimmesdale encourages Chillingworth to care for him because Dimmesdale knows that he is sick and in need of medical attention. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. How does Pearl answer Wilson's question, "Who made thee?" A) "My father and my mother, no more, no one else.". B) God and all his angels. C) Denies she has been made but was picked from a rose bush by her mother. D) Satan and all his minions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denies she has been made but was picked from a rose bush by her mother. 27. To carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate A) Delve. B) Caprice. C) Mutability. D) Ludicrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delve. 28. She vowed to ..... her brother's death. A) Avenge. B) Postpone. C) Scrutiny. D) Delude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avenge. 29. What is happening to Dimmesdale's health in these chapters? A) Dimmesdale's health is deteriorating due to a physical illness. B) Dimmesdale's health is deteriorating due to his guilt over his affair with Hester Prynne. C) Dimmesdale's health is improving due to his guilt being lifted. D) Dimmesdale's health is unaffected by his guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dimmesdale's health is deteriorating due to his guilt over his affair with Hester Prynne. 30. The government plans to deport the undocumented immigrants. What does the word 'deport' mean? A) A poison produced by some animals. B) To come before in time or order. C) To force someone to leave a country. D) To figure out without being told. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To force someone to leave a country. 31. The team worked together to devise a new strategy for the upcoming project. What does the word 'devise' mean? A) Having a strong and unpleasant smell. B) Harmful or causing damage to something. C) To create or come up with a plan. D) A puzzle or mystery that is confusing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create or come up with a plan. 32. Who does Hester try to protect? A) Dimmesdale. B) Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimmesdale. 33. Unmannerly; awkward; clumsy; of ungraceful appearance A) Unpretentious. B) Uncouth. C) Enigma. D) Harrowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uncouth. 34. "Tell no one I am your husband!" A) Governor Bellingham. B) Dr. Chillingworth. C) Reverend Dimmesdale. D) Reverend Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Chillingworth. 35. What is the definition of 'principal'? A) A ruler who has power and authority. B) Lost in thought and not paying attention. C) The person in charge of a school. D) Magic that involves communicating with the dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The person in charge of a school. 36. Pearl stared at the other children, but nevermade an effort to speak to them. If theyapproached her, they threw stones at her A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. The sacredness of life is a fundamental principle that should be upheld. A) Erudite. B) Comprised. C) Sanctity. D) Prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanctity. 38. How did Hester support herself and Pearl? A) Sewing. B) Growing and selling food. C) She couldn't support them; they depended on charity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sewing. 39. Who does Hester see? A) The executioner. B) Her husband. C) The pastor. D) The crowd of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her husband. 40. What word means to make something continue forever? A) Mutable. B) Accompany. C) Reflection. D) Perpetuate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perpetuate. 41. What word means a hidden feeling or message? A) Necromancy. B) Sovereign. C) Undertone. D) Ministrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undertone. 42. Ch. 11-As Dimmesdale punishes himself physically and emotionally for his sin, what does the novel imply is the only thing that will relieve his suffering? A) Seeking professional help. B) A change in his environment. C) A stronger relationship with Chillingworth. D) Confessing his sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confessing his sin. 43. Being lively in temper or conduct A) Loquacity. B) Scrofula. C) Vivacity. D) Scintillating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vivacity. 44. "Pearl ..... stole softly towards him ..... taking his hand in the grasp of both her own, [and] laid her cheek against it" (92). Who did Pearl do this to? A) Reverend Dimmesdale. B) Hester. C) Governor Bellingham. D) Roger Chillingworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reverend Dimmesdale. 45. The newspaper article contained lurid details of the crime scene. What does the word 'lurid' mean? A) To win or succeed in a competition. B) Very shocking, vivid, or sensational in color. C) Able to understand and make good choices. D) A wise person who gives good advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very shocking, vivid, or sensational in color. 46. She gesticulated wildly to get his attention. What does the word 'gesticulate' mean? A) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. B) To communicate using hand or body movements. C) What you see when light bounces back. D) A confusing maze with lots of paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To communicate using hand or body movements. 47. Chillingworth asks Dimmesdale if he believes Hester is less miserable because her sin is in the open. Dimmesdale says ..... A) Yes, because she obviously doesn't suffer. B) No, I don't think so, but ask Hester. C) Yes, I think so, but I can't speak for Hester. D) No, because she's suffering more for her sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, I think so, but I can't speak for Hester. 48. The room was sparsely decorated with an austere aesthetic. What does the word 'austere' mean? A) A very deep and wide hole. B) To make it harder to do something. C) To behave or do things like others. D) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very simple, serious, and without any luxuries. 49. "Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation that brought a crowd ..... " Which of the following best defines exhortation? A) Profanity. B) Prayer. C) A joke. D) Urgent advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urgent advice. 50. What is the definition of 'compose'? A) To create or put together something. B) Someone who does something bad or wrong. C) To give someone a special honor. D) A place where an animal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create or put together something. 51. Which change has Dimmesdale NOT undergone? A) Grown paler. B) Grown more unhealthy. C) Grown skinnier (more emaciated). D) Grown fatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grown fatter. 52. How does the author use the scaffold as a symbol of public shame and punishment? A) Dimmesdale goes to the scaffold to be forgiven. B) Hester and Dimmesdale meet on the scaffold for secrecy and protection. C) Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl find joy and release on the scaffold. D) Hester and Pearl meet Dimmesdale on the scaffold at night both revealing and hiding his sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hester and Pearl meet Dimmesdale on the scaffold at night both revealing and hiding his sin. 53. How long was Hester Prynne to be shamed in the public square? A) From dawn till dusk. B) 2 days. C) 4 hours. D) 2 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2 hours. 54. Why did Hester say she chose to name her daughter Pearl? A) Pearl is the treasure for which Hester gave all she had. B) Pearl is the most beautiful thing in Hester's life. C) Hester wants to remind the townspeople that her child is more precious than theirs. D) When her daughter was born, she was completely bald and her head looked like a pearl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pearl is the treasure for which Hester gave all she had. 55. Dispelling:She quickly dispelled the rumors about her resignation. What does the word 'dispel' mean? A) Ceremony where a king or queen is crowned. B) Dispela:To make something go away or disappear. C) A lot or too much of something. D) Bubbles and fizz like soda pop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispela:To make something go away or disappear. 56. Hester has a more rebellious personality now than before receiving the scarlet letter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. How does Pearl handle the Puritan children who make fun of her and her mother? A) Pearl ignores them and the silence makes the children stop. B) Pearl runs at them, yelling and screaming. C) Pearl hides under her mother's skirt. D) Pearl tries to make friends with them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl runs at them, yelling and screaming. 58. What is the definition of 'constrained'? A) Doing the opposite of what's expected. B) To match or be similar to something. C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. D) Cannot be explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling limited or restricted in some way. 59. How does Arthur Dimmesdale react to Hester's sin in "The Scarlet Letter" ? A) He publicly condemns her. B) He denies knowing her. C) He confesses his own sins. D) He supports her silently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He supports her silently. 60. The State House is an example of a(n) ..... A) Edifice. B) Imp. C) Scaffold. D) None of the above. 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