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TSL Chapters 1-12 QUIZ
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Question 1
1.
What symbol is embroidered onto Hester’s dress?
Scarlet letter A
Bird of freedom
A rose of blossom
A round pearl
Question 2
2.
What gesture became Reverend Dimmesdale’s habit?
Pointing his finger at people
Making a cross
Holding his hand over his heart
Throwing salt over his shoulder
Question 3
3.
What was Roger Chillingworth’s skill and profession?
Advising and attorney
Alchemy and doctor
Preaching and priest
Teaching and advisor
Question 4
4.
After Hester is released from prison, where does Hester go settle to live?
In another city in the colony of Massachusetts
On the outskirts of the Puritan settlement in Boston
With Roger Chillingworth in a different state
In England
Question 5
5.
How did Hester earn her living to support herself and Pearl?
By growing crops
By her needlework
By selling wood in Boston
By healing other people
Question 6
6.
What is the first thing Pearl sees as a baby that the author describes in the text?
The rosebush
The inside of a prison cell
The scarlet letter on Hester’s chest
Reverend Dimmesdale
Question 7
7.
When Rev. John Wilson asks Pearl who her maker is, Pearl replies:
That sin made her
That she was plucked from a rose bush
That Hester and Dimmesdale made her
That God made her
Question 8
8.
Who is the “Leech” in the novel?
Dimmesdale
Hester
Roger Chillingworth
Pearl
Question 9
9.
In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set?
In the 1600s
In the 1700s
In the 1800s
In the 1900s
Question 10
10.
Why did Hester come to talk to Governor Bellingham in his mansion?
To convince him not to take Pearl away from her
To complain about Roger Chillingworth
To talk about Reverend Dimmesdale
To ask him for money
Question 11
11.
Which two characters ended up living together?
Bellingham and Dimmesdale
Chillingworth and Hester Prynne
Dimmesdale and Chillingworth
Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale
Question 12
12.
What physical deformity did Hester’s husband have?
He was missing a foot
He was missing fingers
His shoulders were too big
One shoulder was higher than the other
Question 13
13.
Bellingham is the current governor.
True
False
Question 14
14.
Chillingworth takes revenge of Hester because of the terrible crime she committed against him.
True
False
Question 15
15.
Chillingworth is referred to as “the leech” in (at least) one chapter of this book.
True
False
Question 16
16.
The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
True
False
Question 17
17.
Chillingworth lived with Dimmesdale against Dimmesdale’s will.
True
False
Question 18
18.
Chillingworth was a knowledgeable physician.
True
False
Question 19
19.
Pearl was named pearl because of the great price Hester paid for her (symbolically).
True
False
Question 20
20.
The Scarlet letter is an “S” for “Sin”.
True
False