The Minister's Black Veil

According to Mr. Hooper, the veil is a symbol of what?

• How people are reluctant to see the world clearly.

• How people are constantly aware of death's approach.

• How people try to alter their physical appearance.

• How people hide their innermost selves.

Which statement expresses a central theme of the story?

• People are attracted by unsolved mysteries.

• People with faith can overcome any hardship.

• People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves.

• People who sin should not be forgiven.

In The Minister's Black Veil, what does the word parable tell you about the story?

• It has animal characters

• It is a science fiction tale

• It teaches a message

• It is funny

What can you infer about the meaning of the black veil based on the following statement, which Mr. Hooper makes on his deathbed at the end of the story? "When the friend shows his inmost heart to his friend; the lover to his best beloved; when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his Creator, loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin; then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which I have lived and die! I look around me, and lo! on every visage a Black Veil."

• The veil represents Mr. Hooper's distorted understanding of reality.

• The veil represents an admission of guilt one makes to oneself but does not share with others.

• The veil represent the close bond between friends or lovers.

• The veil represents the truths of their deepest selves that people hide from others.

What kind of story does Hawthorne call this?

• romance

• tragedy

• episode

• parable

The Minister's Black Veil" is a parable, which means that characters, events, and details of the setting

• are described in realistic detail.

• are gloomy and sometimes terrifying.

• are usually historic in nature.

• are simplified to teach a moral lesson.

After permanently adopting the black veil, what does Mr. Hooper do?

• He ignores his responsibilities as a minister.

• He tends to his congregations with his usual care.

• He accuses his congregation of terrible sins.

• He frequently weeps and flies into rage.

Before he donned the black veil, townspeople regarded Mr. Hooper as

• an outstanding preacher

• a good minister

• a secret sinner

• a harsh critic

On the first day that the reverend wore the veil, what two events happened?

• A funeral and a baptism

• A funeral and a wedding

• A christening and a wedding

• A christening and a baptism

As Mr. Hooper became lonelier and lonelier, why wasn't he taking off the veil?

• The veil was stuck on his face as punishment.

• He did not want to take it off.

• If he took off the veil, the townspeople would die.

• He made a deal with God.