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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?
(a) A weeping willow.
(b) Dandelions.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) A rose bush.

2. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?
(a) Salem Cemetery.
(b) Old Church burial-ground.
(c) Town Cemetery.
(d) Charter Street burial-ground.

3. In which year was this preface written?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1950.

4. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?
(a) No pastor is named.
(b) Reverand Wilson.
(c) Reverand Hawthorne.
(d) Reverend Dimmesdale.

5. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
(a) A painting of Hester and Pearl.
(b) Hester's diary.
(c) The scarlet letter.
(d) Dimmesdale's diary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?

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

4. This preface is the preface to which edition of the novel?

5. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?

(see the answer key)

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