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The Scarlet Letter Quiz 1

  • 1. Hawthorne completed The Scarlet Letter in what year?
    •     1820
    •     1850
    •     1900
    •     1950

  • 2. Why did Hawthorne write the Custom-House introduction to the novel?
    •     he wanted to describe how he "discovered" the manuscript
    •     he wanted to write an autobiographical short story
    •     he thought The Scarlet Letter was too short to print by itself
    •     he was interested in the economic side of adultery

  • 3. The prison door best represents which of the following?
    •     a dirty, rusted old door separating Hester from her daughter
    •     Puritanical severity of law and the authority of the regime
    •     an escape route for Hester
    •     the strength of Hester's determination to live with her crime

  • 4. The rosebush outside the prison door is a symbol of all of the following except:
    •     Hester's passion
    •     the wilderness surrounding Boston
    •     Puritanical punishment for moral crimes
    •     Ann Hutchinson's tolerance of other religions

  • 5. The blossoms of the rosebush are metaphors for:
    •     Dimmesdale's love for Hester
    •     Hester's passion and her marriage to Roger Chillingworth
    •     Pearl and the crime of the story
    •     Pearl and the moral of the story

  • 6. Hawthorne's portrayal of the Puritanical society is one of:
    •     support for the Puritan way of life
    •     disgust with the Puritan way of life
    •     contradictory images and hypocrisy
    •     none of the above

  • 7. Hester has embroidered what symbol onto her dress?
    •     a round pearl
    •     a scarlet letter A
    •     a bird for freedom
    •     a rose blossom

  • 8. What gesture does Reverend Dimmesdale make throughout the book?
    •     rubs his brow
    •     raises his eyes to heaven
    •     places his hand over his heart
    •     pulls at his shirt sleeves

  • 9. All of the following ironies occur in the first scaffold scene except:
    •     the irony that Chillingworth chides Hester from the crowd, asking her to reveal the father
    •     the irony that Dimmesdale is called upon to ask Hester who the father is
    •     the irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together
    •     the irony that Hester is married to Chillingworth but has had a child with another man

  • 10. Chillingworth pretends to be of what profession?
    •     an infantryman
    •     a clergyman
    •     a doctor
    •     a lawyer

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