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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?
(a) Hester's profession.
(b) Dimmedale's profession.
(c) Dimmesdale's health.
(d) Hester's criminal record.

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

3. What street runs outside the Custom-House?
(a) Derby Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Salem Road.
(d) High Street.

4. What is NOT one of the possible crimes mentioned in this Chapter 2, as a reason people might flock to the prison?
(a) Murder.
(b) Undutiful child.
(c) Religious heterodoxy.
(d) Sluggish bond servant.

5. Who in the audience taunts Hester and Pearl at the appearance of Dimmesdale?
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Brackett.
(d) Bellingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?

2. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?

3. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?

4. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?

5. Which character is described as having a "wildflower prettiness?"

(see the answer key)

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