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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hester's legal husband?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Lee.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Dimmesdale.

2. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"
(a) Pearl's.
(b) Dimmesdale's.
(c) Hester's.
(d) Chillingworth's.

3. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The ladies in the crowd.
(b) The spikes on the door to the jail.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Hester's pearl necklace.

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

5. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Praise.
(c) Approval.
(d) Celebration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. How does the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?

3. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?

4. What is NOT one of the possible crimes mentioned in this Chapter 2, as a reason people might flock to the prison?

5. Chapter 6 is named after which character?

(see the answer key)

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