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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 cemetery.
(b) The schoolhouse.
(c) The governor's mansion.
(d) The church.

2. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?
(a) They are bearded.
(b) They are ministers.
(c) They are bald.
(d) They are fat.

3. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?
(a) The name of the witch.
(b) The name of her husband.
(c) The name of her child.
(d) The name of her lover.

4. Chapter 6 is named after which character?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Hester.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Dimmesdale.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is one of Chillingworth's distinguishing physical features?

4. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

5. What is the title of the first chapter?

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