The Scarlet Letter Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Scarlet Letter Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?
(a) The governor's.
(b) The magistrate's.
(c) The minister's.
(d) The narrator's.

2. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Opulent.
(b) Cramped.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Plain.

3. The tone of this preface is best described as...
(a) Arch.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

4. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?
(a) Bull Moose.
(b) Republican.
(c) Tory.
(d) Whig.

5. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?
(a) Magician.
(b) Spellcaster.
(c) Warlock.
(d) Mage.

6. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) The stars and stripes.
(b) Apple pie.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Uncle Sam.

7. Where are Dimmesdale's parents?
(a) In Salem.
(b) In England.
(c) In Boston.
(d) Dead.

8. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Bellingham.
(d) Dimmesdale.

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

10. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Hibbins.
(d) Dimmesdale.

11. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?
(a) Reverand Wilson.
(b) Reverand Hawthorne.
(c) Reverend Dimmesdale.
(d) No pastor is named.

12. What is one of Chillingworth's distinguishing physical features?
(a) One of his shoulders is higher than the other.
(b) He is lame in his right leg.
(c) He is missing most of the toes on his left foot.
(d) His left eye droops.

13. Against whom is Hawthorne alleged to harbor a "peculiar malevolence"?
(a) His editor.
(b) The Governot.
(c) The Custom's Inspector.
(d) Hester Prynne.

14. 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"?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Hester.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Dimmesdale.

15. At the governor's house when the men are debating Hester's custody, what does one of them say Pearl should have been named?
(a) Ruby, Coral or Red Rose.
(b) Pinkie, Cora or Rosa.
(c) Ruby, Scarlet or Roseanna.
(d) Scarlet, Rose or Diamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hawthorne surmises that if there were a Papist in the crowd, whom would Hester remind him of?

2. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?

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

4. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?

5. What was the door to the jail made of?

(see the answer keys)

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