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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite his triumph in delivering the sermon in Chapter 23, how does Dimmesdale appear?
(a) "Feeble and pale."
(b) "Hale and hearty."
(c) "Wanton and wan."
(d) "Delicate and forlorn."

2. Who is said to ride "with Satan through the air?"
(a) Bats.
(b) Witches.
(c) Demons.
(d) Banshees.

3. When Pearl will not cross the brook, what does Hester tell her she can leap like?
(a) Giant grasshopper.
(b) Young deer.
(c) Little girls.
(d) Bull frog.

4. Dimmesdale learns that he is preach what important sermon?
(a) Chillingworth's funeral sermon.
(b) The Inauguration sermon.
(c) The Election sermon.
(d) Hester's marriage sermon.

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

6. What color is the letter A Pearl fashions for herself out of natural objects ?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

7. In Chapter 14, the narrator symbolized the truth by what?
(a) "A mysterious maze."
(b) "A fletched arrow."
(c) "A tall white pedestal."
(d) "A red-hot iron."

8. According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?
(a) From the Black Man.
(b) From the Dark Man.
(c) From Mistress Hibbins.
(d) From the Dark Reverend.

9. Dimmesdale's voice is compared to what natural phenomenon in Chapter 23?
(a) Patter of raindrops on the roof.
(b) Swelling waves of the sea.
(c) Twisting branches of a dead oak.
(d) Surging wind of the coast.

10. Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) Over his eyes.
(c) Clutching the Bible.
(d) Over his heart.

11. What does Hester threaten to do at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Escape Boston.
(c) Reveal the name of her lover.
(d) Betray Chillingworth's identity.

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

13. What, in Chapter 13, "glimmers" with an "unearthly ray"?
(a) The scarlet letter.
(b) Chillingworth's malice.
(c) Pearl's eyes.
(d) The meteor/falling star.

14. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) The Magical Doctor.
(b) Hester and the Physician.
(c) Hester and the Magician.
(d) The Doctor and Mrs. Chillingworth.

15. In Chapter 19, how does Dimmesdale say Pearl looks?
(a) "Strangely familiar."
(b) "Uncannily adorable."
(c) "Uncannily strange."
(d) "Strangely beautiful."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following creatures is not mentioned while Pearl plays on the shore?

2. Where does the minister go in the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. Whom does Dimmesdale set out to meet?

4. What had Dimmesdale been doing to himself?

5. What does Chillingworth say in Chapter 14 the town council has been debating?

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