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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the thread that embroiders the scarlet letter?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

2. Hester's work is seen everywhere with the exception of:
(a) In church.
(b) On babies.
(c) At funerals.
(d) At weddings.

3. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 90 or 100.
(b) Approximately 50 or 60.
(c) Approximately 150 or more.
(d) Approximately 15 or 20.

4. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Plain.
(d) Cramped.

5. Who is to wear the thing Hester is delivering to the governor's house?
(a) The governor's servants.
(b) The governor's wife.
(c) The governor's daughter.
(d) The governor himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Against whom is Hawthorne alleged to harbor a "peculiar malevolence"?

3. Which character says, ironically, "why should a wretched man, guilty, we will say, of murder, prefer to keep the dead corpse buried in his own heart, rather than fling it forth at once"?

4. How old is the baby in Hester's arms when we first see her?

5. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?

(see the answer key)

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