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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?
(a) Reverand Hawthorne.
(b) Reverend Dimmesdale.
(c) No pastor is named.
(d) Reverand Wilson.

2. Where was Hester's "happy infancy and stainless maidenhood?"
(a) Rural England.
(b) Bustling London.
(c) Salem.
(d) Amsterdam.

3. Why, according to Pearl, does sunshine "run away and hide itself" from Hester?
(a) Because of her long gray dress.
(b) Because of the scarlet letter.
(c) Because of the foliage.
(d) Because of her fair skin.

4. Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel?
(a) Over his eyes.
(b) Over his heart.
(c) Clutching the Bible.
(d) In his pocket.

5. What kind of men are rare in the colony, according to the narrator?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Doctors and scientists.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Artists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Pearl repeatedly asks Hester what the letter stand for, what does Hester tell her in Chapter 15?

3. At the governor's house when the men are debating Hester's custody, what does one of them say Pearl should have been named?

4. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?

5. What does Chillingworth say in Chapter 14 the town council has been debating?

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