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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Wit's End.
(b) Needle.
(c) Bedside.
(d) Confession.

2. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) October.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) June.

3. Who is Hester's legal husband?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Lee.

4. Where was Reverend Dimmesdale trained in religion?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Princeton.

5. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Hibbins.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Dimmesdale.

6. Chapter 6 is named after which character?
(a) Dimmesdale.
(b) Hester.
(c) Chillingworth.
(d) Pearl.

7. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Approval.
(c) Praise.
(d) Criticism.

8. Which part of The Scarlet Letter does this preface specifically refer to?
(a) "The Custom-House."
(b) "The New England Holiday,"
(c) The climax.
(d) The denouement.

9. Whose widow is Mistress Hibbins?
(a) The governor's.
(b) The minister's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) The magistrate's.

10. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
(a) Dimmesdale's diary.
(b) A painting of Hester and Pearl.
(c) The scarlet letter.
(d) Hester's diary.

11. The title of Chapter 9 ("The Leech") refers to which character?
(a) Hester.
(b) Dimmesdale.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Chilingworth.

12. Salem is characterized currently as....?
(a) Busy.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) Bustling.
(d) Desolate.

13. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?
(a) Regal Apartment.
(b) Old Manse.
(c) Big House.
(d) Venerated Palace.

14. How does the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?
(a) Iron-willed.
(b) Dainty.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Man-like.

15. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:
(a) At weddings.
(b) At funerals.
(c) In church.
(d) On babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hawthorne metaphorically refer to the United States government in "The Custom House"?

2. Where are Dimmesdale's parents?

3. What color is Hester's hair?

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

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

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