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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which field had Bellingham trained for/been educated in?
(a) Military.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Religion.

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

4. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?
(a) Hester's past.
(b) Hester's love life.
(c) Hester's guilt.
(d) Hester's work.

5. What symbol of the United States hands in front of the Custom-House?
(a) Apple pie.
(b) An eagle.
(c) The stars and stripes.
(d) Uncle Sam.

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

7. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?
(a) "The mercy of almightly Heaven."
(b) "The anguish in his inmost soul."
(c) "The malice in Chillingworth's eyes."
(d) "The joy in his beating heart."

8. Chose which of the following best describes the tone in the last sentence of Chapter 1?
(a) Bright.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Somber.

9. The title of Chapter 8 is the what and "the Minister?"
(a) The Elf-Child and the Minister.
(b) The Minstrel and the Minister.
(c) The Miniature and the Minstrel.
(d) The Elfin and the Minister.

10. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?
(a) Warlock.
(b) Spellcaster.
(c) Magician.
(d) Mage.

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

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

13. What is the name of the grave-yard Hawthorne mentions in his discussion of his ancestors?
(a) Charter Street burial-ground.
(b) Old Church burial-ground.
(c) Salem Cemetery.
(d) Town Cemetery.

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

15. Chillingworth has a degree from a university in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Holland.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the thread that embroiders the scarlet letter?

2. How does Hawthorne describe the historic Salem of years ago?

3. According to Hawthorne, the reaction could not have been more violent if...?

4. Where was Hester's "happy infancy and stainless maidenhood?"

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

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