View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth see out the window at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Just Pearl.
(b) Their own reflections.
(c) Just Hester.
(d) Hester and Pearl.

2. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor's wife.
(b) The governor himself.
(c) The governor's daughter.
(d) The governor's servants.

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

4. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 150 or more.
(b) Approximately 90 or 100.
(c) Approximately 15 or 20.
(d) Approximately 50 or 60.

5. Why does Hester stay in New England?
(a) She enjoys the brisk winter.
(b) She enjoys whaling.
(c) It is the scene of her crime.
(d) Her family is there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"

3. Which minister in the book has "a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap" and gray eyes?

4. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?

5. The title of Chapter 9 ("The Leech") refers to which character?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample