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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quiets Pearl in this when she wants something from the governor's garden?
(a) Her nanny.
(b) The gardener gives her what she wants.
(c) Her obedience to Hester.
(d) The appearance of the governor.

2. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?
(a) She is across the brook.
(b) She is talking with a man.
(c) She has taken off the letter.
(d) She is angry at her mother.

3. What does Hester mean when she says "Thou shalt not go alone" at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) That she will send Pearl with Dimmesdale.
(b) That Dimmesdale should not leave.
(c) That Chillingworth will follow Dimmesdale.
(d) That she will run away with Dimmesdale.

4. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?
(a) Dimmesdale.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Bellingham.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?

2. Where are Dimmesdale's parents?

3. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

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

5. Dimmesdale claims that his scarlet letter burns how?

(see the answer key)

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