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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salem is characterized currently as....?
(a) Bustling.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Busy.
(d) Dramatic.

2. Whom do Dimmesdale and Chillingworth see out the window at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Hester and Pearl.
(b) Just Pearl.
(c) Just Hester.
(d) Their own reflections.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Hester when she and Pearl are examined by the doctor?

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

4. Which one of the following descriptions does not apply to Pearl?

5. Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentence is too light?

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