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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Her confessor.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her (former) husband.

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Meeting.
(b) The Recognition.
(c) The Resistance.
(d) The Recognizance.

3. What does Hester tell Dimmesdale about Chillingworth in Chapter 17?
(a) That he is not really a doctor.
(b) That he is her husband.
(c) That he is on an undercover mission for the governor.
(d) That he is really a Catholic.

4. In Chapter 19, how does Dimmesdale say Pearl looks?
(a) "Uncannily strange."
(b) "Uncannily adorable."
(c) "Strangely familiar."
(d) "Strangely beautiful."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?

2. According to Dimmesdale, Chillingworth's revenge has been "____ than [his] sin"?

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

4. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?

5. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

(see the answer key)

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