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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Chillingworth been gathering herbs, when he is asked by the minister in Chapter 10?
(a) In the governor's garden.
(b) In Hester's garden.
(c) By the seashoer.
(d) In a graveyard.

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

3. This group in the procession referred to in the title of Chapter 22 was showing "a stamp of majesty that made the warrior's haughty stride look vulgar"?
(a) The public officials.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) The sailors.
(d) The musicians.

4. How many years after the founding of Boston does Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Approximately 150 or more.
(b) Approximately 50 or 60.
(c) Approximately 15 or 20.
(d) Approximately 90 or 100.

5. Who in the audience taunts Hester and Pearl at the appearance of Dimmesdale?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Brackett.
(c) Bellingham.
(d) Hibbins.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does this "obscure night" take place in Chapter 12?

2. When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing?

3. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?

4. Why will Pearl not come to Hester in Chapter 19?

5. At the governor's house when the men are debating Hester's custody, what does one of them say Pearl should have been named?

(see the answer key)

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