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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Apple-peru.
(b) Milkweed.
(c) Pigweed.
(d) Burdock.

2. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 50 or 60.
(b) Approximately 15 or 20.
(c) Approximately 90 or 100.
(d) Approximately 150 or more.

3. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"
(a) Chillingworth's.
(b) Hester's.
(c) Dimmesdale's.
(d) Pearl's.

4. Salem is characterized currently as....?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Bustling.
(d) Busy.

5. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) A truth serum.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. The earliest parts of the colony had been the jail and what other location?

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

3. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?

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

5. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?

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