This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Scarlet Letter > The Scarlet Letter – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Scarlet Letter Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As the story draws to a close, Hawthorne tells us that Pearl has fulfilled her mission as ..... A) A messenger of anguish to her mother. B) A secret well-kept. C) The personification of the letter. D) A wild child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A messenger of anguish to her mother. 2. What word means feeling sorry or regretful for wrongdoing? A) Penitent. B) Sear. C) Distill. D) Dwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penitent. 3. Her ..... led her to believe she was superior to everyone else. A) Foreboding. B) Portent. C) Conceit. D) Excursion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 4. She was judged solely based on prejudice, without ever being given a chance. What does the word 'prejudice' mean? A) Very deep and meaningful. B) Having negative opinions about someone beforehand. C) Not able to speak clearly or express oneself. D) Being very special and important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having negative opinions about someone beforehand. 5. What word means a living thing that will eventually die? A) Mortal. B) Habitual. C) Diabolical. D) Intuitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mortal. 6. The ..... old teacher had a wealth of wisdom to share with her students. A) Subtle. B) Ignominious. C) Venerable. D) Adapted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venerable. 7. What is the definition of 'lattice'? A) A crisscross pattern of intersecting lines. B) Planned or thought about beforehand. C) Acting like you're the boss. D) The distance from one side to the other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A crisscross pattern of intersecting lines. 8. What word means making someone feel serious and thoughtful? A) Antiquated. B) Illustrate. C) Reprove. D) Sobering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sobering. 9. Who supports Hester when she's fighting with the governor to keep Pearl? A) Rev. Dimmesdale. B) Mistress Hibbons. C) Dr. Chillingworth. D) Rev. Michaels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rev. Dimmesdale. 10. The teacher warned the students not to transgress the boundaries of the classroom. What does the word 'transgress' mean? A) To make up for a mistake. B) To figure out without being told. C) To explain or give more details. D) To break a rule or go against it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To break a rule or go against it. 11. What word means centrifugal Force:The force that pushes things outward? A) Centrifugal force. B) Audacious. C) Erratic. D) Undertone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Centrifugal force. 12. The teacher had to admonish the students for talking during class. What does the word 'admonish' mean? A) To give a warning or scold someone. B) No longer in existence or operation. C) A strong and fast-moving stream of water. D) To hold and use a tool or weapon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give a warning or scold someone. 13. She tried to ..... him into thinking she was someone else. A) Quell. B) Delude. C) Vengeance. D) Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delude. 14. What is the definition of 'quell'? A) Pretending or making something up. B) To stop or calm something down. C) Someone who does something bad or wrong. D) Looking at something very closely and carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stop or calm something down. 15. When did this story begin? A) On a summer morning. B) On a spring afternoon. C) On a wintry evening. D) During a fall thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a summer morning. 16. The media's sensationalism perpetuates fear and panic among the public. What does the word 'perpetuate' mean? A) To care for and help something grow. B) To make something continue forever. C) To go somewhere together with someone. D) Feeling very sad, discouraged, or hopeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make something continue forever. 17. What word means to weaken or harm something secretly? A) Infusion. B) Undermine. C) Grovel. D) Impede. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undermine. 18. Bad tempered; irritable A) Mollified. B) Pithy. C) Stupefied. D) Choleric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choleric. 19. To be brilliant or keen as in talent A) Scrofula. B) Loquacity. C) Vivacity. D) Scintillating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scintillating. 20. What is seen in the sky the night Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold? A) Lightning outlining the devil's book. B) A tornado in the distance. C) A meteor in the shape of an "A". D) Pitch blackness, no stars or moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A meteor in the shape of an "A". 21. What is the plan of Hester and Dimmesdale to escape their current situation? A) To seek forgiveness from the townspeople. B) To confront Chillingworth and reveal the truth. C) To move to Europe and live as a family. D) To start a new life in a different colony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To move to Europe and live as a family. 22. The country embraced democracy and held free elections. What does the word 'democracy' mean? A) Strong feeling of sadness or sympathy. B) A government where people vote and make decisions. C) Empty, sad, and feeling very alone. D) Taking care of someone's needs or problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A government where people vote and make decisions. 23. How does Dimmesdale's guilt get revealed? A) He is caught in the act by a witness. B) He writes a letter confessing his sin. C) He is exposed by Hester Prynne. D) He confesses his sin publicly on the scaffold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He confesses his sin publicly on the scaffold. 24. What word means relating to the mother or motherhood? A) Approach. B) Enjoin. C) Inquest. D) Maternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maternal. 25. The birds gather together due to their proximity to each other. What does the word 'proximity' mean? A) Being very close to something. B) To claim or declare something openly. C) Clever and smart in making decisions. D) Making someone feel serious and thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being very close to something. 26. Who cries out (symbolically) on the scaffold? A) Hester. B) Pearl. C) Mistress Hibbins. D) The Governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl. 27. Jesus often used ..... s to teach important lessons to his disciples and followers. A) Illustrate. B) Apparition. C) Parable. D) Proximity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parable. 28. She spoke with reproach in her voice as she scolded him for his actions. What does the word 'reproach' mean? A) A state of total confusion and disorder. B) To be uncertain or indecisive about something. C) To find out or figure something out. D) To express disapproval or disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To express disapproval or disappointment. 29. Dishonor; infamy; disgraceful conduct. A) Ignominy. B) Irks. C) Infamy. D) Venerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ignominy. 30. Who does Mistress Hibbins want Hester to go and meet? A) Chillingworth's Mother. B) The Savage Indians. C) Governor Bellingham. D) The Black Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Black Man. 31. With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston? A) Another band of Puritans. B) Native Americans. C) Spanish settlers in Florida. D) Canadian fur trappers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Native Americans. 32. Discuss the character analysis of Hester Prynne in chapters 1-15. A) Hester Prynne is depicted as a strong and resilient character who faces public shaming for her adultery but remains dignified and independent. B) Hester Prynne is shown as giving up and succumbing to societal pressure. C) Hester Prynne is portrayed as weak and submissive throughout the chapters. D) Hester Prynne is depicted as seeking revenge on those who wronged her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hester Prynne is depicted as a strong and resilient character who faces public shaming for her adultery but remains dignified and independent. 33. A weather vane in the shape of a rooster A) Potentate. B) Rice sansae. C) Weathercock. D) Steed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathercock. 34. What is the definition of 'spontaneous'? A) Respected or honored as special or sacred. B) Real or genuine, not fake. C) Happening without planning or preparation. D) Pleasant or attractive in appearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happening without planning or preparation. 35. Where do Hester and Pearl go to block the plan to take her away? A) Bellingham Hall. B) The forest sanctuary. C) The community center. D) The town square. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bellingham Hall. 36. What word means extremely thin or skinny due to lack of food? A) Accord. B) Spontaneous. C) Shrewd. D) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emaciated. 37. Who is the author of The Scarlet Letter? A) Theodore Dreiser. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) Albert Einstein. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 38. What information did Hester refuse to tell the officials and Mr. Chillingworth? A) Where her former husband had gone. B) The name of the man who had sinned with her. C) The age of her daughter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The name of the man who had sinned with her. 39. What did Hester promise to Roger Chillingworth? A) To conceal his true identity. B) A. Not to tell Rev. Dimmesdale about his sins. C) To give him the divorce he asked for. D) Not to ever leave him again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To conceal his true identity. 40. Please wait a minute while I check the information for you. What does the word 'minute' mean? A) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds. B) Doing what you are supposed to do. C) A ruler who has power and authority. D) Continuous improvement or advancement towards a goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A unit of time equal to sixty seconds. 41. The picture frame hung ..... on the wall. A) Thus far. B) Defunct. C) Reverberate. D) Askew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Askew. 42. How did Chillingworth suggest the identity of the father be revealed? A) By looking at the features and actions of the child. B) By doing other things to Hester to force her to give it away. C) By taking Pearl away if Hester did not tell them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By looking at the features and actions of the child. 43. Before he died, reverend Dimmesdale revealed that he had ..... A) Stolen church donations. B) Never been baptized. C) Confessed his sins in a letter to Pearl. D) The letter "A" carved on his chest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The letter "A" carved on his chest. 44. To give life to; animate; quicken A) Vivify. B) Ignominy. C) Abate. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vivify. 45. She chose a formal attire for the wedding ceremony. What does the word 'attire' mean? A) Immediately or without any delay. B) The clothes that someone wears. C) Being represented by a physical form. D) Having a reputation for being notorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The clothes that someone wears. 46. The criminal's plan was diabolical, leaving no room for escape. What does the word 'diabolical' mean? A) A living thing that will eventually die. B) Being very special and important. C) Extremely evil or wicked. D) A follower of Jesus who spreads his teachings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremely evil or wicked. 47. Why does Hester call her child Pearl? A) She named her after her mother. B) Because she is a fun-loving, happy child. C) Because she is the calm, white luster of a pearl. D) Because she treasures her like a jewel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because she treasures her like a jewel. 48. What word means a place where you live or stay? A) Dwelling. B) Intangible. C) Vulgar. D) Inscrutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dwelling. 49. Imagining changing scenes A) Remonstrance. B) Phantasmagoric. C) Physiognomies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phantasmagoric. 50. What year was The Scarlet Letter published? A) 1600. B) 1850. C) 1800. D) 1650. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850. 51. What is the definition of 'pithy'? A) Short and full of meaning or wisdom. B) To annoy or bother someone. C) Given or done for free. D) To think carefully and plan something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short and full of meaning or wisdom. 52. What word means to find a solution or make a decision? A) Deceive. B) Accompany. C) Gesticulate. D) Resolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolve. 53. What word means very old times? A) Gratuitous. B) Antiquity. C) Stupefy. D) Volley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antiquity. 54. Please wait a ..... while I check the information for you. A) Erratic. B) Necromancy. C) Desolate. D) Minute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minute. 55. Why did Hawthorne add a "W" to his name? A) He liked the sound of it better. B) He pronounced it incorrectly as a child. C) Rebelled against his ancestors. D) He didn't-it was always that way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebelled against his ancestors. 56. The author is ..... to be a leading expert in the field. A) Antiquity. B) Reputed. C) Gospel. D) Pithy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reputed. 57. Which character is best described as being a leech? A) He. B) Pearl. C) Chillingworth. D) Dimmesdale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chillingworth. 58. Pearl wants to know all of the following, except ..... A) Why her mother wears the scarlet letter. B) Why the other children are so mean to her. C) Why the minister holds his hand over his heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why the other children are so mean to her. 59. How did Mr. Dimmsdale look like while waiting for the Governor? A) Sick and Pale. B) Happy and full of life. C) Scared. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sick and Pale. 60. She was the embodiment of grace and elegance as she glided across the dance floor. What does the word 'embodiment' mean? A) To force someone to leave a country. B) Well-known and respected for being important. C) Being represented by a physical form. D) To show or make something clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being represented by a physical form. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Scarlet Letter Quiz 1The Scarlet Letter Quiz 2The Scarlet Letter Quiz 3The Scarlet Letter Quiz 4The Scarlet Letter Quiz 5The Scarlet Letter Quiz 6The Scarlet Letter Quiz 7The Scarlet Letter Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books