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

2. Whose name does the doctor want Hester to reveal?
(a) The name of her lover.
(b) The name of the witch.
(c) The name of her child.
(d) The name of her husband.

3. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Cramped.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Plain.
(d) Baroque.

4. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor himself.
(b) The governor's servants.
(c) The governor's wife.
(d) The governor's daughter.

5. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?
(a) Town Cemetery.
(b) Salem Cemetery.
(c) Charter Street burial-ground.
(d) Old Church burial-ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?

2. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?

3. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?

4. How old is the baby in Hester's arms when we first see her?

5. When Wilson asks Pearl who made her, what does she answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of Chillingworth's growing power over Dimmesdale?

2. What does Hester refuse to do during this chapter 3, despite pressure from her neighbors?

3. How does Hawthorne describe the inhabitants of Boston?

4. What has happened to the original spirit of the town of Salem, as in, to the legacy of the original founders?

5. When Hester delivers gloves to the governor, what is the other reason for her going there?

6. Does Hawthorne, in the end, decide to change anything?

7. What does the governor think about Hester as a mother?

8. Of all the finery in the governor's mansion, what does Pearl cry for most of all?

9. Describe the door to the jail.

10. How does Pearl react to other children?

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