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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is said to haunt the forest outside town, carrying a big, heavy book with him?
(a) The Dark Reverend.
(b) The Evil Man.
(c) The Black Man.
(d) The Dark Man.

2. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Cramped.
(c) Plain.
(d) Opulent.

3. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?
(a) Religion.
(b) Military.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

4. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?
(a) Pearl's eyes.
(b) The scarlet letter.
(c) The meteor/falling star.
(d) Chillingworth's malice.

5. What kind of men are rare in the colony, according to the narrator?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Doctors and scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14?

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

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

4. Salem is characterized currently as....?

5. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?

(see the answer key)

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