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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One person suggest that Hester should have an iron brand burned where?
(a) On her forehead.
(b) On her chest.
(c) On the palms of her hands.
(d) On her cheek.

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

3. Whom does Hester decide to seek out for a meeting at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Her confessor.
(b) Her (former) husband.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her daughter.

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

5. What is the holiday referred to in the title of Chapter 21?
(a) Easter.
(b) Halloween.
(c) The birth of the new prince.
(d) The arrival of the new governor.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which city is this preface written?

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

3. Who was the father of the Custom-House?

4. By what moniker does Hawthorne name the Custom-House building itself?

5. Dimmesdale claims that his scarlet letter burns how?

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