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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) The Doctor and Mrs. Chillingworth.
(b) The Magical Doctor.
(c) Hester and the Physician.
(d) Hester and the Magician.

2. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her confessor.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her (former) husband.

3. What is the title of Chapter 20?
(a) "The Mysterious Minister."
(b) "The Minister in a Maze."
(c) "The Minister in the Mirror."
(d) "The Minister in the Middle."

4. Where have Hester and Dimmesdale decided would be the best place to escape to?
(a) Europe.
(b) An Indian settlement.
(c) The American South.
(d) Salem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?

2. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?

3. Who was the father of the Custom-House?

4. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?

5. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?

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