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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?
(a) With Dimmesdale, at the rectory.
(b) With Mistress Hibbins.
(c) In the same rooming house as Dimmesdale.
(d) At the Governor's.

2. Dimmesdale's voice is compared to what natural phenomenon in Chapter 23?
(a) Swelling waves of the sea.
(b) Surging wind of the coast.
(c) Patter of raindrops on the roof.
(d) Twisting branches of a dead oak.

3. What does Hester fling next to the brook?
(a) Chillingworth's herbs.
(b) Her scarlet letter.
(c) Dimmesdale's Bible.
(d) Her bonnet.

4. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?
(a) Wine.
(b) Poison.
(c) A truth serum.
(d) Water.

5. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?
(a) A busy metropolis.
(b) A bustling port.
(c) A sad sailing town.
(d) A dour harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the holiday referred to in the title of Chapter 21?

2. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

3. Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentence is too light?

4. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?

5. "Its ranks were filled with gentlemen, who felt the stirrings of martial impulse" describes which group of men in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22?

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