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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) Burdock.
(b) Apple-peru.
(c) Milkweed.
(d) Pigweed.

2. Which minister in the book has "a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap" and gray eyes?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Lee.

3. 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.

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

5. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?
(a) Old Manse.
(b) Venerated Palace.
(c) Big House.
(d) Regal Apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

2. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. Who is described as a/an "intolerant brood?"

5. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?

(see the answer key)

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