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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?
(a) Hester's love life.
(b) Hester's work.
(c) Hester's past.
(d) Hester's guilt.
2. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?
(a) Portrait of the Puritans.
(b) Sketch of old-time Salem.
(c) Picture of the colony.
(d) Sketch of official life.
3. Chillingworth has a degree from a university in which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) Holland.
(d) France.
4. Who is described as a/an "intolerant brood?"
(a) The Puritans.
(b) The Dutch.
(c) The governor's family.
(d) The Indians.
5. 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, Scarlet or Roseanna.
(b) Scarlet, Rose or Diamond.
(c) Pinkie, Cora or Rosa.
(d) Ruby, Coral or Red Rose.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?
2. How does Hawthorne metaphorically refer to the United States government in "The Custom House"?
3. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?
4. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
5. Which character is described as having a "wildflower prettiness?"
Short Essay Questions
1. When Hester delivers gloves to the governor, what is the other reason for her going there?
2. What does the governor think about Hester as a mother?
3. What does Chillingworth implore Hester to do when they meet in the jail?
4. What are some examples of Chillingworth's growing power over Dimmesdale?
5. Of all the finery in the governor's mansion, what does Pearl cry for most of all?
6. What happens to Hester when the jailer introduces Chillingworth?
7. What does Hawthorne say the purpose of the eagle is, which hangs in front of the building?
8. Does Hawthorne, in the end, decide to change anything?
9. How is Chillingworth able to see what Dimmesdale is hiding on his body?
10. Why is Hester standing before the townsfolk in the beginning of the novel?
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