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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hester is a self-ordained what?
(a) Sister of Chastity.
(b) Sister of Integrity.
(c) Sister of Mercy.
(d) Sister of Sin.

2. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?
(a) Pearl's eyes.
(b) The scarlet letter.
(c) Chillingworth's malice.
(d) The meteor/falling star.

3. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor himself.
(b) The governor's daughter.
(c) The governor's wife.
(d) The governor's servants.

4. Who is Hester's legal husband?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Lee.

5. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Military.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

2. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?

3. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?

4. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?

5. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

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