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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salem is characterized currently as....?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Bustling.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Busy.

2. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?
(a) They are bald.
(b) They are ministers.
(c) They are fat.
(d) They are bearded.

3. How does Hawthorne metaphorically refer to the United States government in "The Custom House"?
(a) Big brother.
(b) Washington.
(c) The golden eagle.
(d) Uncle Sam.

4. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Somber.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Bright.

5. The title of Chapter 4, "The Interview," refers to the meeting between which two characters?
(a) Chillingworth and Bellingham.
(b) Hester and Chillingworth.
(c) Chillingworth and Dimmesdale.
(d) Hester and Dimmesdale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Chillingworth's distinguishing physical features?

2. What is the title of the first chapter?

3. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?

4. What was the door to the jail made of?

5. When the doctor gives Hester something to drink, what does she think is in the cup?

(see the answer key)

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