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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?
(a) Seashell.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Iron.
(d) Wood.

2. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?
(a) Hester.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Wilson.

3. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?
(a) Chillingworth and Bellingham.
(b) Hester and Dimmesdale.
(c) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale.
(d) Hester and Chillingworth.

4. Who is with the governor when Hester visits his house to deliver something?
(a) Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Hibbins.
(b) Wilson, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth.
(c) Wilson and Dimmesdale.
(d) Lee, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale.

5. Where was Reverend Dimmesdale trained in religion?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?

2. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?

3. Which man in at the governor's argues that Hester should be allowed to keep Pearl?

4. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?

5. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

(see the answer key)

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