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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) October.

2. What is the "pedestal of infamy?"
(a) The governor's mantle.
(b) The scaffold.
(c) The altar.
(d) The steeple.

3. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?
(a) Bull Moose.
(b) Republican.
(c) Tory.
(d) Whig.

4. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) The Prison-Door.
(b) The Prison Rose.
(c) TheJail-Door.
(d) Gaol-Door Rock.

5. Who was the father of the Custom-House?
(a) General Miller.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) The permanent Inspector.
(d) Hawthorne's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?

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"?

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

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

5. What street runs outside the Custom-House?

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