The Scarlet Letter | Multiple Choice Test Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

This section contains 180 multiple choice questions about The Scarlet Letter. Multiple choice questions test a student's recall and understanding of the text. Use these questions for chapter quizzes, homework assignments or tests. Jump to the quiz/homework section for the multiple choice worksheets.

Multiple Choice - Preface

1. This preface is the preface to which edition of the novel?
a) The second.
b) The fourth.
c) The first.
d) The third.

2. In which year was this preface written?
a) 1950.
b) 1850.
c) 1750.
d) 1800.

3. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?
a) Joy.
b) Detriment.
c) Amusement.
d) Laughter.

4. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?
a) Picture of the colony.
b) Sketch of official life.
c) Portrait of the Puritans.
d) Sketch of old-time Salem.

5. According to Hawthorne, the reaction could not have...
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