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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tone of this preface is best described as...
(a) Sad.
(b) Remorseful.
(c) Arch.
(d) Angry.

2. Hawthorne calls the Custom House a...?
(a) Sketch of old-time Salem.
(b) Picture of the colony.
(c) Sketch of official life.
(d) Portrait of the Puritans.

3. What are the two non-Puritan sects mentioned in this Chapter 2?
(a) Quaker and Catholic.
(b) Antimonian, Quaker, and Catholic.
(c) Shaker and Quaker.
(d) Antimonian and Quaker.

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

5. Salem is characterized currently as....?
(a) Busy.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) Bustling.
(d) Desolate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Hawthorne, the reaction could not have been more violent if...?

3. What is the title of the first chapter?

4. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?

5. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?

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