Quiz: The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1 - 3)

What buildings does this new colony of Puritans build first?

• hospital and cemetery

• cemetery and prison

• prison and church

• church and hospital

What does the black flower in Chapter 1 symbolize?

• the hearts of those who don't follow Puritan ideals

• the sinful thoughts of mankind

• the prison that houses wrongdoers

• the woman who wears the scarlet letter

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Which punishment(s) do the women of the town want Hester Prynne to receive?

• branding on her forehead

• lashings on her back

• death

• branding on her forehead

  &

  lashings on her back

• branding on her forehead

  &

  death

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which does Hester NOT think about as she stands upon the scaffold?

• her home in Old England

• a scholarly man

• her wealthy grandparents

• her parents

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How do the women react to Hester's embroidered letter?

• They are happy that she made the letter ugly to match her sin.

• The letter is so flashy that it makes her sin seem less serious.

• They are pleased she stitched the word "adulterer" in it with bright gold thread so that everyone knows her sin.

• They are angry that she only has to wear the letter until her child is eighteen.

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The stranger who comes to town with a Native American wants to know all of the following except which one?

• Who is this lady on the scaffold?

• What is the baby's name?

• What has this lady on the scaffold done?

• Who is the father of the baby?

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Who is Hester's pastor?

• Dimmesdale

• Wilson

• Chillingworth

• Winthrop

When Hester is pressured to reveal the name of her baby's father, she replies,

• "Mr. Prynne"

• "Never!"

• "I will tell you three days from today."

• "He must reveal it himself."

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Which word best describes the majority of Puritans found so far in chapters 1-3?

• forgiving

• strict

• loving

• sympathetic

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Which word does NOT describe the stranger who sees Hester on the scaffold?

• secretive

• determined

• handsome

• intelligent

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