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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of The Scarlet Letter does this preface specifically refer to?
(a) "The New England Holiday,"
(b) The climax.
(c) "The Custom-House."
(d) The denouement.

2. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?
(a) Joy.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Amusement.
(d) Detriment.

3. The earliest parts of the colony had been the jail and what other location?
(a) The church.
(b) The governor's mansion.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The schoolhouse.

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

5. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Bright.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Somber.
(d) Sunny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?

2. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?

3. What color is the thread that embroiders the scarlet letter?

4. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?

5. Against whom is Hawthorne alleged to harbor a "peculiar malevolence"?

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