The Scarlet Letter Quiz 1

Who is portrayed as a witch and seems to sense the identity of Hester’s fellow adulterer?

• Hester Prynne

• Roger Chillingworth

• Mistress Hibbins

• The Captain

Who is the main character, protagonist, and is forced to wear the scarlet letter?

• Pearl

• Hester Prynne

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• Governor Bellingham

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which character is a living symbol of the scarlet letter “A” and has a wild, rebellious, inquisitive personality?

• Roger Chillingworth

• Pearl

• John Wilson

• The Rosebush

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who is the young, unmarried minister of Hester’s church and develops a physical illness as a result of a secret sin?

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• The Captain

• Governor Bellingham

• John Wilson

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who is the governor of Boston whom Hester seeks out for help?

• Roger Chillingworth

• Governor Bellingham

• Mistress Hibbins

• The Captain

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is the eldest clergyman of the novel and is based on an actual person in historical records?

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• John Wilson

• Roger Chillingworth

• The Captain

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who informs Hester that another character has also booked passage aboard the ship headed for Bristol?

• The Captain

• Governor Bellingham

• Mistress Hibbins

• Roger Chillingworth

Who is the old, ugly, vicious man and physician to Dimmesdale, and an escaped captive of Indians?

• Roger Chillingworth

• John Wilson

• The Captain

• Arthur Dimmesdale

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is intended to be a brand of shame, a sin of sin and punishment, and becomes a symbol?

• The Rosebush

• The Scarlet Letter

• Pearl

• Mistress Hibbins

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a symbol of how a thing of beauty can arise from something painful?

• The Scarlet Letter

• The Rosebush

• Pearl

• Hester Prynne