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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is NOT among the crowd shaming Hester?
(a) Hester's pastor.
(b) The judges.
(c) The governor.
(d) Hester's parents.

2. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?
(a) Third person, limited.
(b) First.
(c) Third person, omniscient.
(d) Second.

3. Who was the father of the Custom-House?
(a) The permanent Inspector.
(b) General Miller.
(c) Uncle Sam.
(d) Hawthorne's grandfather.

4. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?
(a) A Novel of Morals.
(b) Introductory to The Scarlet Letter.
(c) A Preface.
(d) A Play in Four Acts.

5. Which one of the following descriptions does not apply to Pearl?
(a) "sole treasure"
(b) "airy sprite"
(c) "little elf"
(d) "beautiful munchkin"

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

2. Against whom is Hawthorne alleged to harbor a "peculiar malevolence"?

3. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

4. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"

5. What street runs outside the Custom-House?

(see the answer key)

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