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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) God.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Hester.

5. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?
(a) Hester's work.
(b) Hester's love life.
(c) Hester's past.
(d) Hester's guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hester stay in New England?

2. While his health is failing, Dimmesdale has achieved what in his profession?

3. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:

4. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?

5. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?

(see the answer key)

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