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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?
(a) Third person, limited.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Third person, omniscient.

2. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Joy.
(c) Detriment.
(d) Amusement.

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

4. What quiets Pearl in this when she wants something from the governor's garden?
(a) The gardener gives her what she wants.
(b) Her obedience to Hester.
(c) Her nanny.
(d) The appearance of the governor.

5. Whose voice is "tremulously sweet, rich, deep and broken?"
(a) Chillingworth's.
(b) Dimmesdale's.
(c) Pearl's.
(d) Hester's.

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

7. What are the two non-Puritan sects mentioned in this Chapter 2?
(a) Quaker and Catholic.
(b) Antimonian, Quaker, and Catholic.
(c) Shaker and Quaker.
(d) Antimonian and Quaker.

8. One person suggest that Hester should have an iron brand burned where?
(a) On the palms of her hands.
(b) On her chest.
(c) On her cheek.
(d) On her forehead.

9. What was the door to the jail made of?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Birch.
(c) Oak.
(d) Maple.

10. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?
(a) Spellcaster.
(b) Mage.
(c) Magician.
(d) Warlock.

11. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?
(a) Military.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Religion.
(d) Law.

12. Which man in at the governor's argues that Hester should be allowed to keep Pearl?
(a) Bellingham.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Dimmesdale.

13. Why do most Puritans fast, according to the narrator?
(a) To lose weight.
(b) To purify their bodies.
(c) To cure disease.
(d) To conserve food.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chillingworth take up residence?

2. This preface is the preface to which edition of the novel?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?

5. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?

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