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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The earliest parts of the colony had been the jail and what other location?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The governor's mansion.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The church.

2. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"
(a) The steeple.
(b) The altar.
(c) The scaffold.
(d) The governor's mantle.

3. 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.

4. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) The Prison Rose.
(b) Gaol-Door Rock.
(c) TheJail-Door.
(d) The Prison-Door.

5. The following description of clothing belongs to which community leader: "a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery on his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Bellingham.
(c) Lee.
(d) Dimmesdale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?

2. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?

3. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?

4. Which one of the following descriptions does not apply to Pearl?

5. Chapter 6 is named after which character?

(see the answer key)

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