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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"
(a) Hibbins.
(b) Hester.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Pearl.

2. What is the subtitle of "The Custom-House"?
(a) A Novel of Morals.
(b) Introductory to The Scarlet Letter.
(c) A Play in Four Acts.
(d) A Preface.

3. What are the "delicate gems" referred to at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The spikes on the door to the jail.
(b) Hester's pearl necklace.
(c) The ladies in the crowd.
(d) Flowers.

4. One person suggest that Hester should have an iron brand burned where?
(a) On the palms of her hands.
(b) On her chest.
(c) On her cheek.
(d) On her forehead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hawthorne metaphorically refer to the United States government in "The Custom House"?

2. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?

3. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?

4. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?

5. What are the two non-Puritan sects mentioned in this Chapter 2?

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