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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?
(a) Venerated Palace.
(b) Regal Apartment.
(c) Big House.
(d) Old Manse.

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

3. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"
(a) Pearl's.
(b) Dimmesdale's.
(c) Hester's.
(d) Chillingworth's.

4. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Wilson.

5. How is Hibbins related to the Governor?
(a) His sister-in-law.
(b) His daughter.
(c) No relation.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?

2. How does Hester dress her daughter?

3. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?

4. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?

5. Hawthorne surmises that if there were a Papist in the crowd, whom would Hester remind him of?

(see the answer key)

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