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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year was this preface written?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1750.
(d) 1950.

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

3. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Plain.
(d) Cramped.

4. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?
(a) The name of her husband.
(b) The name of her lover.
(c) The name of the witch.
(d) The name of her child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?

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

4. Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentence is too light?

5. From which city is this preface written?

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