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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, what is the first thing that Pearl noticed, as a baby?
(a) Her own curls.
(b) Hester's long black hair.
(c) Seashells.
(d) The scarlet letter.

3. What are the two non-Puritan sects mentioned in this Chapter 2?
(a) Shaker and Quaker.
(b) Quaker and Catholic.
(c) Antimonian and Quaker.
(d) Antimonian, Quaker, and Catholic.

4. 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) Flowers.
(d) The ladies in the crowd.

5. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Religion.
(c) Law.
(d) Military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with the governor when Hester visits his house to deliver something?

2. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?

3. What adjective best characterizes the governor's house?

4. What color is the thread that embroiders the scarlet letter?

5. In what point of view is "The Custom House" written?

(see the answer key)

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