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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?
(a) Town Cemetery.
(b) Charter Street burial-ground.
(c) Salem Cemetery.
(d) Old Church burial-ground.

3. Which one of the following descriptions does not apply to Pearl?
(a) "little elf"
(b) "sole treasure"
(c) "airy sprite"
(d) "beautiful munchkin"

4. Hawthorne surmises that if there were a Papist in the crowd, whom would Hester remind him of?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) The pope.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Mother Theresa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hester dress her daughter?

2. The following description of clothing belongs to which community leader: "a dark feather in his hat, a border of embroidery on his cloak, and a black velvet tunic beneath"?

3. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?

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

5. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?

(see the answer key)

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