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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?
(a) Personal and politcal.
(b) Petty and partisan.
(c) Spiritual and political.
(d) Personal, legal and moral.

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

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

4. Against whom is Hawthorne alleged to harbor a "peculiar malevolence"?
(a) The Governot.
(b) The Custom's Inspector.
(c) His editor.
(d) Hester Prynne.

5. What street runs outside the Custom-House?
(a) Salem Road.
(b) Derby Street.
(c) Main Street.
(d) High Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

2. What is the title of the first chapter?

3. Why does Hawthorne refuse to change what he has written?

4. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?

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

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