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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?
(a) A bustling port.
(b) A sad sailing town.
(c) A busy metropolis.
(d) A dour harbor.

2. What is NOT one of the possible crimes mentioned in this Chapter 2, as a reason people might flock to the prison?
(a) Sluggish bond servant.
(b) Undutiful child.
(c) Murder.
(d) Religious heterodoxy.

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

4. From which city is this preface written?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Salem.
(d) Boston.

5. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?
(a) Second.
(b) Third person, omniscient.
(c) Third person, limited.
(d) First.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?

3. What is the title of the first chapter?

4. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?

5. What was the door to the jail made of?

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