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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 the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?
(a) Dainty.
(b) Iron-willed.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Man-like.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?

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

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

4. What street runs outside the Custom-House?

5. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?

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