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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which minister in the book has "a border of grizzled locks beneath his skull-cap" and gray eyes?
(a) Lee.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Chillingworth.

2. Where does the minister go in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) To church.
(b) To the scaffold.
(c) To Hester's.
(d) To the governor's.

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

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

5. What is the health problem wrong with Dimmesdale?
(a) Scoliosis.
(b) Failing health.
(c) Failing eyesight.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?

2. Why does Hester stay in New England?

3. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

4. Who was the father of the Custom-House?

5. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"

(see the answer key)

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