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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Hester when Chillingworth leaves, "his gray beard almost" touching the ground?
(a) At the roominghouse.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In church.
(d) At the governor's.

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

3. Which description does not apply to Dimmesdale?
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Nervous temperament.
(d) Weak frame.

4. Who thinks that Hester's punishment/sentence is too light?
(a) The women of town.
(b) The men of town.
(c) The children of town.
(d) The ministers.

5. While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what?
(a) Sand dollars.
(b) Acorns.
(c) Sea weed.
(d) Birch bark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mentioned in Chapter 13 as a "foundress of a religious sect?"

2. What, according to many of the townspeople who have come to appreciate Hester, should the A stand for?

3. What is the title of Chapter 14?

4. What is the title of Chapter 17?

5. What does Hawthorne find in a "mysterious package" in the Custom-House?

(see the answer key)

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