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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 8 is the what and "the Minister?"
(a) The Elfin and the Minister.
(b) The Elf-Child and the Minister.
(c) The Miniature and the Minstrel.
(d) The Minstrel and the Minister.

2. Where is Hester when Chillingworth leaves, "his gray beard almost" touching the ground?
(a) At the roominghouse.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In church.
(d) At the governor's.

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

4. What color is the letter A Pearl fashions for herself out of natural objects ?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

5. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?
(a) From the Black Man.
(b) From Mistress Hibbins.
(c) From the Dark Reverend.
(d) From the Dark Man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?

3. Where does Dimmesdale imagine a "scarlet token?"

4. What is the title of the first chapter?

5. Who is the patient referred to in the title of Chapter 10?

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