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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prominent wild plant grows just outside the door to the jail?
(a) A weeping willow.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Lilacs.

2. How does the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?
(a) Iron-willed.
(b) Man-like.
(c) Dainty.
(d) Feminine.

3. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?
(a) Hester's diary.
(b) A painting of Hester and Pearl.
(c) Dimmesdale's diary.
(d) The scarlet letter.

4. To whom does this description refer: "a seemingly careless arrangement of his heterogeneous garb"?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Chillingworth.
(c) Bellingham.
(d) Dimmesdale.

5. Which political party does Hawthorne belong?
(a) Bull Moose.
(b) Whig.
(c) Republican.
(d) Tory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hester's legal husband?

2. In what month does Chapter 1 take place?

3. Which plant is NOT mentioned in Chapter 1?

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

5. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?

(see the answer key)

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