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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hawthorne metaphorically refer to the United States government in "The Custom House"?
(a) Big brother.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) The golden eagle.
(d) Washington.

3. What was the door to the jail made of?
(a) Birch.
(b) Oak.
(c) Mahogany.
(d) Maple.

4. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Bellingham.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Chillingworth.

5. How old is the baby in Hester's arms when we first see her?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hester's legal husband?

2. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?

3. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?

4. In which year was this preface written?

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

(see the answer key)

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