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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Dimmesdale been doing to himself?
(a) He had been fasting.
(b) He had been treating his own illness.
(c) He had been staying awake all night.
(d) He had been self-flagellating.

2. How does the narrator characterize Dimmesdale's sermon?
(a) The narrator exhalts it.
(b) The narrator disparages it.
(c) The narrator neither praises nor diminshes it.
(d) The narrator ignores it.

3. Who is the "grim, ugly-eyed old man" who recognizes Pearl?
(a) Her father.
(b) The old jailer.
(c) The old governor.
(d) Hester's former husband.

4. What does Hester tell Dimmesdale about Chillingworth in Chapter 17?
(a) That he is on an undercover mission for the governor.
(b) That he is her husband.
(c) That he is really a Catholic.
(d) That he is not really a doctor.

5. Why do Hester and Dimmesdale chose the place they do to escape to?
(a) Hester's criminal record.
(b) Dimmedale's profession.
(c) Dimmesdale's health.
(d) Hester's profession.

6. According to Dimmesdale, Chillingworth's revenge has been "____ than [his] sin"?
(a) Blacker.
(b) Deeper.
(c) Eviler.
(d) Darker.

7. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?
(a) Shame.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Despair.
(d) Solitude.

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

9. In what month does this "obscure night" take place in Chapter 12?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) January.
(d) November.

10. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"
(a) Mother Theresa.
(b) Hibbins.
(c) Bradstreet.
(d) Hutichison.

11. This group in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22 was showing "a stamp of majesty that made the warrior's haughty stride look vulgar"?
(a) The sailors.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The public officials.
(d) The musicians.

12. Which of the following creatures is not mentioned while Pearl plays on the shore?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Horseshoe crab.
(c) Birds.
(d) Jellyfish.

13. What does Dimmesdale tell Chillingworth while he is writing the sermon is Chapter 20?
(a) That he no longer needs his services as doctor.
(b) That he knows who Hester's lover is.
(c) That he knows Chillingworth's true identity.
(d) That he is feeling close to death.

14. Who are the "rough-looking desperadoes, with sun-blackened faces" at the holiday in Chapter 21?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Indians.
(c) Englishmen.
(d) Puritans.

15. What marks particular attendants of the holiday as members of their forest settlements?
(a) Their deer-skin clothing.
(b) Their rough speech.
(c) Their long hair.
(d) Their scarlet F's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hester wearing on the public holiday in Chapter 21?

2. What does Pearl do when Dimmesdale kisses her?

3. Despite his triumph in delivering the sermon in Chapter 23, how does Dimmesdale appear?

4. What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14?

5. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?

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