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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Hester.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Dimmesdale.

3. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?
(a) Mage.
(b) Warlock.
(c) Magician.
(d) Spellcaster.

4. At the governor's house when the men are debating Hester's custody, what does one of them say Pearl should have been named?
(a) Pinkie, Cora or Rosa.
(b) Ruby, Scarlet or Roseanna.
(c) Scarlet, Rose or Diamond.
(d) Ruby, Coral or Red Rose.

5. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) The stars and stripes.
(c) An eagle.
(d) Apple pie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?

3. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?

4. What does Pearl desperately desire from the governor's garden?

5. How old is the baby in Hester's arms when we first see her?

(see the answer key)

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