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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?
(a) Hester's love life.
(b) Hester's work.
(c) Hester's guilt.
(d) Hester's past.
2. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) TheJail-Door.
(b) Gaol-Door Rock.
(c) The Prison Rose.
(d) The Prison-Door.
3. How does Hester dress her daughter?
(a) In "paler loveliness."
(b) In the "richest tissue."
(c) In "infinite variety."
(d) In "rustic weeds."
4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Resistance.
(b) The Recognition.
(c) The Meeting.
(d) The Recognizance.
5. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) An eagle.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) The stars and stripes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Hawthorne writes of his surprise and what in the first lines of the preface?
2. This preface is the preface to which edition of the novel?
3. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
4. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?
5. Who is named as Hester's pastor in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hawthorne find alongside the scarlet letter?
2. What kind of plant stands outside the prison, offering a contrast in color and form? Describe what the narrator says about it.
3. What does Chillingworth implore Hester to do when they meet in the jail?
4. What does Hawthorne say the purpose of the eagle is, which hangs in front of the building?
5. What is Dimmesdale's argument for keeping Hester and Pearl together?
6. In Chapter 2, why might it be Mistress Hibbins who would be in the jail?
7. What does Hester refuse to do during this chapter 3, despite pressure from her neighbors?
8. Why does Hawthorne decide to republish the offending introduction?
9. Describe the clothing worn by the "throng of bearded men" at the beginning of Chapter 1.
10. Why does Hester stay in town after she is released from jail in Chapter 5?
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