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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the father of the Custom-House?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) Hawthorne's grandfather.
(c) General Miller.
(d) The permanent Inspector.

3. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?
(a) Third person, limited.
(b) Third person, omniscient.
(c) First.
(d) Second.

4. What facial expression of Chillingworth displays his true malice, which the narrator calls "his blackness" in Chapter 14?
(a) A wink.
(b) A smile.
(c) A shrug.
(d) A grimace.

5. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) The stars and stripes.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the spikes on the door to the jail made of?

2. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?

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

4. In Chapter 14, the narrator symbolized the truth by what?

5. Salem is characterized currently as....?

(see the answer key)

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