The Scarlet Letter TEST
Multiple Choice
_____ 1. What two landmarks mentioned point to the themes of punishment and death?
a. rose bush and prison doors
b. prison and cemetery
c. scaffold and noose
_____ 2. What foreshadows the gloom of the novel?
a. gray sky
b. rust, decay, and ugliness
c. Pearl’s behavior
_____ 3. “Some sweet moral blossom” refers to what?
a. Pearl developing into a beautiful little girl
b. rose’s beauty in contrast to the tragedy of the ensuing story
c. Hester’s love for Dimmesdale
_____ 4. When does the setting of this novel takes place? Where?
a. Salem, 1664
b. Boston, 17th century
c. Williamsburg, 1744
_____ 5. How did the puritan women refer to Hester Prynne and her sin?
a. wanton woman
b. hussy
c. sinner
_____ 6. How does Hester emerge from the prison?
a. crying in shame
b. holding her 3 month old infant
c. asking for Dimmesdale
_____ 7. What is Hester’s flash-back?
a. her father’s home
b. the day her mother died
c. her “misshapen scholar” husband
d. both A & B
e. both A & C
_____ 8. What brings Hester back to reality while standing on the scaffold?
a. she is suddenly aware of the stern faces looking up at her
b. she hears Pearl cry
c. the scarlet letter on her chest
_____ 9. How did Hawthorne portray the American Puritan goodwives actions towards Hester Prynne?
a. judgmental sinners
b. friendly and forgiving
c. they were cold, smug and acted holier-than-thou
d. indifferent to Hester
_____ 10. How does Hawthorne describe the stranger that Hester recognizes? Who was he?
a. Rev. Wilson was a pious old preacher
b. Roger Chillingworth was deformed due to his mishaps at sea...
c. the leech was a friendly old man
_____ 12. What happens to Hester as she stands on the scaffold daily?
a. She was asked to name of her partner in sin by Rev. Mr. Dimmesdale
b. She must stand with Pearl to atone for her sin
c. Rev. Mr. John Wilson, Boston’s oldest minister, screams at her.
_____ 13. Back in her prison cell, Hester is in an alarmed state because ________.
a. Pearl is ill
b. She saw a rat crawl over Pearl
c. she saw and recognized her (dead/missing) husband
_____ 14. What does Chillingworth do for Hester’s child and then, for her?
a. He prays for them
b. He gives the baby some medicine to calm her and he gives Hester a sedative.
c. He calms them both with his words
_____ 15. Describe the scene when Roger Chillingworth and Hester Prynne talk.
a. Chillingworth calls Hester all sorts of names.
b. Hester blames him for sending her to New England alone.
c. They sit and talk intimately and sympathetically accept a measure of the blame.
_____ 16. What request does Roger Chillingworth make of Hester ? Why?
a. If she must conceal her lover’s identity then, she must keep his secret, too.
b. She must keep her lover’s name secret for Pearl’s sake.
c. No one must know he lived among the Indians.
_____ 17. What does Hester do after her imprisonment has ended?
a. She plans to move to Bristol with Dimmesdale and Pearl.
b. She lives in Boston to atone for her sins.
c. She chooses to stay in a small cottage on the out skirts of Boston.
_____ 18. How does Hester support herself and Pearl after her term of imprisonment?
a. She cooks for the poor
b. She was seamstress for the fashionable women of town
c. She was a nurse for the doctor.
_____ 19. Why did Hester name her daughter “Pearl”?
a. Like a pearl, she started out as an irritant but became a treasure of her love.
b. Her mother’s only treasure!
c. Pearl was Hester’s mother’s maiden name.
_____ 20. Pearl’s character as revealed in this chapter was _________________.
a. mischievous and disrespect
b. depth of mind and physically beautiful
c. vigorous, graceful, and coupled with a fiery passion.
d. all of the above
_____ 21. What does Pearl ask Dimmesdale to do at noon the next day?
a. to tell the town that he is her father
b. she asked if they would stand with them on the scaffold the next day at noon
c. she asked him to walk with her in the forest
_____ 22. What did Dimmesdale see in the sky? How did he interpret what he saw and how did the old sexton?
a. a comet piercing the sky and a falling star
b. a scarlet A and an Angel
c. an Angel with a golden letter A
_____ 23. How has Hester changed in the last seven years?
a. She is now quiet and uncomplaining and accepts her position
b. her untiring service to the sick, poor have won her respect from those who once condemned her.
c she has a coldness--severity--drabness about her
d. all of the above
_____ 24.What does the letter “A” stand for at the beginning of the novel and then, later in novel?
a. adultery, able
b. adultery, always
c. adultery, angel
d. both A & B
_____ 25. What does Hester deny?
a. that she will never give Pearl up
b. the right of the magistrate to remove her scarlet A
c. who Chillingworth is
_____ 26. When Hester talks to Roger Chillingworth what does she notice about his character?
a. that he is still in love with her
b. that his deformity has made him look like Satan
c. his fierce dark face, and the red glare of his eyes.--He is a demon
_____ 27. What is meant by this quote-- “A mortal man, with once a human heart,
has become a fiend for his especial torment!”
a. That Arthur Dimmesdale. suffers by not telling his sin
b. That Hester has lost her soul
c. That Roger Chillngworth is an agent of Satan and is tormenting Dimmesdale.
_____ 28. “Be it sin or no, ... I hate the man” who is saying this and whom are they talking about?
a. Pearl
b. Chillingworth
c. Hester
_____ 29. What three questions does Pearl repeatedly ask her mother?
(all are correct except)
a. Why dost the Black man hate thee?
b. Why dost thou wear it?
c. Why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?
d. What does the letter mean, mother?
_____ 30. How does Hester answer Pearl’s question about the scarlet letter?
a. for God
b. for the sake of its gold thread.”
c. because I have sinned
_____ 31. Why did Hawthorne feel that it was his destiny to make Salem his home?
a. his ancestors lived there
b. the custom house was there
c. it was the location of the witch burning
_____ 32. What kind of people had Hawthorne’s ancestor, John Hathorne, persecuted?
a. Amish
b. Quakers
c. Witches
d. Both A & B
e. Both B & C
_____ 33. What did Hawthorne have a preoccupation?
a. the Bible
b. Dimmesdale’s sins
c. Indian paganism
d. evil, human dark side; human isolation
_____ 34.The following men were famous friends of Hawthorne’s except?
a. Melville
b. Longfellow
c. Twain
d. Pierce
e. Thoreau
_____ 35. How long was Hawthorne’s mysterious period of writing in which he learned his craft?
a. 4 years
b. 6 years
c. 10 years
d. 12 years
_____ 36. What philosophical movement did Hawthorne join at Brook Farm?
a. Naturalism
b. Transcendentalism
c. Unitarianism
d. Freudism
_____ 37. Where did Hawthorne work when he got the inspiration for The Scarlet Letter?
a. Brook Farms
b. Salem
c. Custom House
_____ 38. What was Hawthorne engaged in at the time of his death?
a. writing a novel
b. on vacation
c. meditating at Brooks Farm
_____ 39. The reasons below were why Hawthorne experienced later-life-depression, except:
a. the Civil War
b. his loss of income
c. his decline in writing
d. the death of his wives
e. the drowning of his second daughter
_____ 40. Approximately what size was the scarlet letter?
a. 3.25 inches
b. 3.50 inches
c. 3.75 inches
d. 4.25 inches
____ 41. What physical sensation did Hawthorne get from the scarlet letter?
a. depressing
b. burning
c. cold
d. damp
_____ 42. In what was the scarlet letter, that was found in the Custom House, wrapped?
a. a cotton cloth
b. a yellow parchment paper
c. wooden box
_____ 43. What color was the letter?
a. scarlet
b. black
c. gold
d. bright red
_____ 44. Why does Pearl suggest that the sunshine runs away from Hester?
a. because Pearl knows of her mother’s sin
b. because of the letter on Hester’s bosom
c. the shadows of the forest know the secret.
______ 45. When Pearl is in her proper element where is she?
a. church
b. in town
c. in the forest
d. with her father
_____ 46. What is one of the most important Puritan holidays?
a. Passover
b. Election day
c. Memorial Day
d. All Saints
_____ 47. The commander of the Bristol ship tells Hester about “an extra passenger”.
Who was this ?
a. Wilson
b. Dimmesdale
c. Pearl
d. Chillingwoth
_____ 48. What two things does Dimmesdale fear about Pearl?
a. her appearance
b. her rejection
c. her demonic behavior
d. both A & B
e. both B & C
f. both C & A
_____ 49. What causes Pearl to shriek in a fit of rage?
a. the Black man’s appearance
b. her father at the river
c. her mother without the scarlet letter
True or False
50. The story opens at the site of a prison. T or F
51. The only sign of color is the scarlet letter T or F
52. In Hester’s flashback, she sees her father and her husband. T or F
53. Hester does not speak to her lover while on the scaffold. T or F
54. Chillingworth wants to keep his identify a secret. T or F
55. The doctor is summoned to the jail because the baby is ill T or F
56. Hester delivers a pair of gloves to Governor Bellingham and has to
defend her ability to take care of Pearl. T or F
57. Hester is allowed to keep her child largely because of the defense
by Chillingworth T or F
58. Revenge becomes Chillingworth’s reason for living. T or F
59. Dimmesdale refuses to confess to an earthly minister. T or F
60. The minister is not allowed to marry. T or F
61. Pearl tells Hester that the Black Man already owns the minister. T or F
62. Dimmesdale’s reputation parallels his health. T or F
63. Dimmesdale stands alone on the scaffold in the second scene that
takes place there. T or F
64. Dimmesdale remains silent in the scaffold. T or F
65. The townspeople begin to see the scarlet letter as meaning angel. T or F
66. Chillingworth’s appearance parallels his destruction. T or F
67. Hester requests permission to divulge all her secrets. T or F
68. Hester feels that the greatest sinner is herself. T or F
69. Pearl connects the scarlet letter and the minister’s clutching at his heart.T or F
70. Pearl is comfortable with the scarlet letter on her mother’s bosom. T or F
71. When Dimmesdale first hears Hester in the forest, he thinks she isn’t real.T or F
72. Hester and Dimmesdale still feel the same for each other. T or F
73. Hester suggests that Dimmesdale leave the country. T or F
74. Pearl’s constant request of the minister is for acceptance. T or F
75. Pearl accepts the minister when he kisses her T or F
76. Mistress Hibbons confronts Dimmesdale about his trip into the forest. T or F
77. The plans of Hester and Dimmesdale are thwarted by Pearl’s attitude. T or F
78. The minister plans to preach one last sermon on Passover. T or F
79. Dimmesdale’s confession relieves him of his guilt. T or F
80. The minister collapses during the sermon. T or F
81. All the reports of the incident on the scaffold were the same T or F
82. Chillingworth’s appearance changes almost immediately after
Dimmesdale’s death. T or F
83. Chillingworth has nothing to live for so he gives up and does. T or F
84. Pearl receives a large inheritance from Dimmesdale. T or F
85. Hester was buried next to her husband. T or F
86. Hester never returned to her native land. T or F
87. Hester always wore the scarlet letter. T or F
88. The scarlet letter found in the Custom House was the true letter
of the real Hester Prynne. T or F
Short Answer
89. How does Pearl respond to the rejection of the curious children of the village?
90. Besides Hester, who is Pearl’s only companion in play?
91. What news from influential citizens alarmed Hester?
92. Why did Hester go to Governor Bellingham’s mansion?
93. When they arrive at the mansion the governor is busy with whom?
94. What is a leech?
95. Who has been living in Boston as Dimmesdale’s friend and physician?
96. Why is the Governor Bellingham shocked when he meets Pearl?
97. How does Pearl respond to the question; “who made thee?”
98. What is the Governor and Mr. Wilson’s reaction to such an answer?
99. At first, how does the community receive Roger Chillingworth and his services as a physician?
100. As Dimmesdale and Chillingworth’s relationship develops, how do the townspeople receive Chillingworth?
101. How does Chillingworth try to pry loose Dimmesdale’s secret? Does he succeed?
102. When Pearl hears Dimmesdale and Chillingworth discussing her abnormal nature; she calls out what to her mother that foreshadows her insight into Chillingworth’s character?
103. What did the physician discover about Dimmesdale that made him burst forth with excitement?
104. Once Chillingworth knew Dimmesdale’s secret, what did he do to Dimmesdale?
105. What made Dimmesdale more popular among his congregation?
106. Since Dimmesdale is incapable of confessing his sin, what does he do to atone for it?
107. As Dimmesdale walks to the weather-stained scaffold, how many years have passed since Hester stood there confessing their sin? How did he respond to his inability to confess?
108. What does Pearl ask about Dimmesdale holding his hand over his heart?
109. What does Hester reveal to Dimmesdale and how does he respond?
110. What causes Dimmesdale a sudden surge of joy?
111.What does Hester joyfully anticipate? Why?
112. Describe the plans of Hester and Arthur.
113. Describe how the town has changed and Dimmesdale’s wicked impulses.
114. What message does the Captain give Pearl for her mother?
115. How does Dimmesdale appear after his sermon?
116. What does Dimmesdale say as his first public admission of his sin? Who tried to stop him?
117. What scorching stigma was revealed to the townspeople that appeared on both cohorts in sin?
118. What spell was broken?
119. What were Dimmesdale’s last words?
120. Describe the (4)different accounts of Dimmesdale’s dramatic revelation of his scarlet letter.
121. What happened to Chillingworth?
122. The “elf-child” becomes human in the final scene, what becomes of her?
123. How could Hester be regarded as a “hopeful prophetess of a brighter period”?
124.Where is Hester’s final resting place? Did she meet Dimmesdale
“in an everlasting and pure reunion”?
125. What is Hawthorn’s final touch of symbolism?
Quotes--In the blank fill the proper name for each quote...
_______________ 126. “ It irks me... that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least,
stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known!--
he will be known!-- he will be known!”
_______________ 127. “plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that
grew by the prison door”
_______________ 128. “Wouldst thou have me to believe, O wise and pious friend, that a false show can be better- can be more for God’s glory, or man’s welfare--than God’s own truth? Trust me, such men deceive themselves!”
_______________ 129. “Come away, or yonder old Black man will catch you!
He hath got hold of the minister already.”
_______________ 130. “Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall away of it’s own nature, or be transformed into something that should speak different purport.”
_______________ 131. “Be it sin or no, ... I hate the man” who is saying this and whom are they talking about?
_______________ 132. “Why dost thou wear it?
Why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?
What does the letter mean, mother?”
_______________ 133. “Once in my life I met the Black Man! ...
This scarlet letter is his mark!”
_______________ 134. “Hast thou found peace?”
_______________ 135. “Preach! Write! Act! Do anything save to lie down and die!”
_______________ 136. “Foolish child, what a question is that! ...
Come and ask his blessing!”
_______________ 137. “ A strange, sad man is he, with his hand always over his heart”
_______________ 138. “What would the minister have said, mother?
Would he have clapped his hand over his heart, and scowled on me, and bid me be gone?”
_______________ 139. “Hush, Hester, hush!....Praise be His name! His will be done! Farewell!”
_______________ 140. “It maybe vain to hope we could meet hereafter,
in an everlasting and pure reunion.”
_______________ 141. “Come my little Pearl”
_______________ 142. “Thou Hast escaped me!”
_______________ 143. “Will he go back with us, hand in hand,
we three together, into town?”
_______________ 144. “....violated the sanctity of a human heart”
_______________ 145. “ Happy are you,....Mine burns in secret!”
Essay:
Explain Hawthorne’s final touch of symbolism.
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