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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Recognition.
(b) The Recognizance.
(c) The Resistance.
(d) The Meeting.

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

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

5. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?
(a) Pillbox.
(b) Steeple.
(c) Cone.
(d) Derby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which minister in the book has "a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap" and gray eyes?

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

3. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"

4. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?

5. What street runs outside the Custom-House?

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