THE
SCARLET LETTER - QUIZ
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
1. The story of Hester Prynne is set in _________
century.
a)
16th b) 17th c) 18th d)19th
2. The
narrator of the story of The Scarlet
Letter is _________
a)
an Attorney b) a Minister c) a Land Surveyor d) a Customs Officer
3. Hester and
Chillingworth lived in________ before coming to America.
a)
Amsterdam b) Paris c) Edinburgh d) Jamaica
4. Chillingworth has been living with ___________
before he appears in Boston.
a)
Puritans b) native Americans c) Spanish settlers d) Canadians
5. __________ is situated immediately outside the
door of the prison in which Hester is kept.
a)
a rose bush b) a pine tree c) a gallows d)
a graveyard
6. In what city do Hester and Peal live?
a)
Salem b) Providence c) Boston d)
Hartford
7. Mistress Hibbins is the sister of _____________
a)
the governor b) Hester c) Dimmesdale d) Chillingworth
8. How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die?
a)
executed publicly as a witch b)
strangled by Chillingworth c) by
diphtheria
d)
shot dead by Peal
9. Hester
supports herself financially as a _________
a)
prostitute b) seamstress c) nurse d)
farmhand
10. Hester is buried next to ___________
a)
Dimmesdale b) Chillingworth c) Pearl d) the governor
11. Pearl did not recognize her mother Hester when
she sees her with Dimmesdale in the forest as Hester had removed ________
a)
the scarlet letter b) her cap c) her mask d) her gloves
12. Pearl acknowledges Dimmesdale as her father at
his death by _____________
a)
calling him ‘father’ b) interrupting his
sermon c) kissing him d) crying on seeing
his corpse
13. What mark can supposedly be seen on Dimmesdale’s
chest?
a)
a scarlet letter A b) a tattoo c) a mark of the devil d) a red rose
14. Hester and Dimmesdale plan to escape their
suffering by ___________
a)
going to live with the native Americans b)
boarding a ship bound for Europe
c)
killing Chillingworth d)
committing suicide
15. The narrator first encountered Hester Prynne
story at _______
a)
a library b) at an attic in Salem
Custom’s office c) school d) a sermon
16. Hester made a ______ for Governor Winthrop.
a)
cloak for his swearing-in b) night cap c) pair of gloves d) winter hat
17. Where do Hester and Peal live?
a)
in the poor house b) in an abandoned
cottage on the outskirt of Boston c) in the
forest d) in the house of Roger Chillingworth
18. Chillingworth pretends to be a __________
a)
minister b) doctor c) madman d) scholar
19. Hester’s letter ‘A’ eventually come to represent
______ to the townspeople.
a)
Able b) Alone c) Avaricious d) Absolutely Admirable
20. The narrator lost his job in the Customs Office
as __________
a)
he was lazy b) he was writing when he
should be working c) he misappropriated funds d) a new
custom house President who is of a different party
was elected
21. ______accompanies Hester’s husband when he first
appears on the outskirts of the crowd.
a)
a British sailor b) his dog c) his native American captor d) his minister friend
22. Hester at first refuses medicine from her
husband because she ________
a)
fears it is poisoned b) prefers to suffer c) doesn’t like the taste d) wants to save
it for her child
23. Chillingworth wants to remain in Boston because
he wants to _________
a)
salvage his marriage b) open a
clinic c) seek revenge on
Hester’s lover d) to torment Hester
24. Hester Prynne is good at ______
a)
music b) writing stories c) needle work d) painting
25. Hester is never commissioned to make clothes for
______
a)
funerals b) weddings c) religious rituals d) social galas
26. What best characterizes Pearl’s character?
a)
quiet b) gentle c) tormented d) impious
27. Who harasses Hester and Pearl on their way to
the Governor’s mansion?
a)
an angry drunk b) the local sheriff c) a group of children d) Roger Chillingworth
28. The townspeople wanted to take Pearl away from
Hester because they ________
a)
fear Hester is abusing Pearl b) are
concerned about Pearl’s moral upbringing
c)
are worried that Hester cannot support Pearl financially d) resent any happiness in Hester’s life
29. Who finally convinced Governor Bellingham to let
Hester retain guardianship over Pearl?
a)
Chillingworth b)Dimmesdale c) Reverend Wilson d) Hester Prynne
30. Chillingworth was sometimes referred to by
townspeople as ___________
a)
toad b) leech c) lizard d)
cockroach
31. Chillingworth wanted to live with Dimmesdale as
he did not have a __________
a)
son b) daughter c) wife d)
sister
32. Pearl pushed Hester away from Dimmesdale and
Chillingworth as she suspected Chillingworth to be a __________
a)
devil b) monster c) beggar d)
leper
33. The narrator decided to write about the scarlet
letter as he _________
a)
wanted to impress his family b)
was in love with Hester c) was Pearl’s grandson
d) was interested in American
History.
34. What motivates Chillingworth to remain in
Boston?
a)
his lust for revenge b) his love for
Hester c) his wish to suffer d) his growing reputation
35. Who do the townspeople speculate as Pearl’s real
father?
a)
Dimmesdale b) Chillingworth c) an anonymous sailor d) the devil
Answers
1.
b
2.
d
3.
a
4.
b
5.
a
6.
c
7.
a
8.
a
9.
b
10.
a
11.
a
12.
c
13.
a
14.
b
15.
b
16.
c
17.
b
18.
b
19.
a
20.
d
21.
c
22.
a
23.
c
24.
c
25.
b
26.
d
27.
c
28.
b
29.
b
30.
b
31.
c
32.
a
33.
d
34.
a
35.
d
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