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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is Hester's hair?
(a) Gray.
(b) Red.
(c) Dark.
(d) Blond.

2. From which city is this preface written?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Salem.

3. What is the shape of the hats worn in the "throng"?
(a) Steeple.
(b) Pillbox.
(c) Cone.
(d) Derby.

4. Hawthorne utterly disclaims what kind of motives?
(a) Personal and politcal.
(b) Petty and partisan.
(c) Spiritual and political.
(d) Personal, legal and moral.

5. What is the title of the first chapter?
(a) The Prison Rose.
(b) Gaol-Door Rock.
(c) TheJail-Door.
(d) The Prison-Door.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What distinguishes the men in the "throng" at the beginning of thChapter 1?

3. Who is NOT among the crowd shaming Hester?

4. The "public disapprobation" refers to...?

5. The earliest parts of the colony had been the jail and what other location?

(see the answer key)

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