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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hester fling next to the brook?
(a) Dimmesdale's Bible.
(b) Chillingworth's herbs.
(c) Her scarlet letter.
(d) Her bonnet.

3. Who is said to haunt the forest outside town, carrying a big, heavy book with him?
(a) The Dark Man.
(b) The Dark Reverend.
(c) The Evil Man.
(d) The Black Man.

4. Who retrieves the object that Hester flings away?
(a) Dimmesdale.
(b) No one.
(c) Hester.
(d) Pearl.

5. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) An Ectasy of Light.
(b) A Flood of Brightness.
(c) A River of Tears.
(d) A Flood of Sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel?

2. How does the narrator describe the former queen of England, Elizabeth I?

3. While she is playing, Pearl makes a little boat out of what?

4. Why does Hawthorne refuse to change what he has written?

5. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?

(see the answer key)

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