NAIMMCQ: The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

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What does Hester's letter "A" eventually come to represent to the townspeople?

(A) "Able"
(B) "Alone"
(C) "Avaricious"
(D) "Absolutely

Answer: A

What does Chillingworth pretend to be?

(A) A minister
(B) A doctor
(C) A madman
(D) A scholar

Answer: B

Where do Hester and Pearl live?

(A) In the poorhouse
(B) In an abandoned cottage on the outskirts of Boston
(C) In the forest
(D) In the house of Roger Chillingworth

Answer: B

What color of clothing does Hester always wear?

(A) Scarlet
(B) White
(C) Black
(D) Gray

Answer: D

What item of clothing does Hester make for Governor Winthrop?

(A) A cloak for his swearing-in
(B) A nightcap
(C) A pair of gloves
(D) A winter hat

Answer: C

How does Pearl become wealthy?

(A) She discovers pirates' treasure.
(B) She marries the governor's son.
(C) She inherits Chillingworth's estate and marries a nobleman.
(D) She becomes a famous actress and dancer.

Answer: C

How do Hester and Dimmesdale plan to escape their suffering?

(A) By going to live with the Native Americans
(B) By boarding a ship bound for Europe
(C) By killing Chillingworth
(D) By committing suicide

Answer: B

What mark can supposedly be seen on Dimmesdale's chest?

(A) A scarlet letter "A"
(B) A tattoo
(C) The mark of the devil
(D) A red rose

Answer: A

How does Pearl acknowledge Dimmesdale as her father at his death?

(A) By calling him "father"
(B) By interrupting his sermon
(C) By kissing him
(D) By announcing that she has seen him with her mother

Answer: C

Why does Pearl not recognize her mother when she sees her with Dimmesdale in the forest?

(A) Hester has removed the scarlet letter.
(B) Hester has removed her cap to expose her long hair.
(C) Hester is not wearing her usual plain gray dress.
(D) Mistress Hibbins has cast a spell on Hester, changing her appearance.

Answer: A

What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale's "sin" and Governor Winthrop's "virtue"?

(A) A lightning bolt
(B) A meteor
(C) A forest fire
(D) A flood

Answer: B

Next to whom is Hester buried?

(A) Dimmesdale
(B) Chillingworth
(C) Pearl
(D) No one; her body is burned.

Answer: A

How does Hester support herself financially?

(A) As a prostitute
(B) As a seamstress
(C) As a nurse
(D) As a farmhand

Answer: B

How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die?

(A) She is strangled by Chillingworth.
(B) She wastes away in a diphtheria epidemic.
(C) She is executed publicly as a witch.
(D) Pearl puts a hex on her.

Answer: C

Who is Mistress Hibbins?

(A) The governor's sister
(B) Hester's mother
(C) Dimmesdale's aunt
(D) Chillingworth's second wife

Answer: A

In what city do Hester and Pearl live?

(A) Salem
(B) Providence
(C) Boston
(D) Hartford

Answer: C

Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins?

(A) Scourging or whipping
(B) Fasting
(C) Vigils (extended periods of wakefulness and/or prayer)
(D) All of the above

Answer: D

What item in the governor's mansion shows Hester a distorted reflection of herself?

(A) An antique mirror
(B) A suit of armor
(C) A stained-glass window
(D) The governor's eyeglasses

Answer: B

What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept?

(A) A rosebush
(B) A pine tree
(C) A gallows
(D) A graveyard

Answer: A

With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston?

(A) Another band of Puritans
(B) Native Americans
(C) Spanish settlers in Florida
(D) Canadian fur trappers

Answer: B