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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?
(a) "The joy in his beating heart."
(b) "The malice in Chillingworth's eyes."
(c) "The mercy of almightly Heaven."
(d) "The anguish in his inmost soul."

2. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Somber.
(b) Bright.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Ambivalent.

3. What color is Hester's hair?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blond.
(c) Dark.
(d) Red.

4. While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what?
(a) Birch bark.
(b) Sea weed.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Sand dollars.

5. Which character is described as having a "wildflower prettiness?"
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Hibbins.
(d) Hester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?

2. Why is Dimmesdale at the town center Chapter 12?

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

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

5. One person suggest that Hester should have an iron brand burned where?

(see the answer key)

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