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Q4 Quiz 1- 9A

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The author of The Scarlet Letter is
a)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
b)
Herman Melville
c)
Washington Irving
d)
Edgar Allen Poe
2.

What is Hester's sin?

a)

Abandonment

b)

Adultery

c)

Archery

d)

Idolatry

3.
A large, usually impressive building.
a)
Edifice
b)
Sepulchres
c)
Utopia
d)
Allot
4.
A place or state of political or social perfection.
a)
Edifice
b)
Boston
c)
Utopia
d)
Allot
5.

Which of the following is NOT a symbol found in the first chapter?

a)

''A"

b)

wild rosebush

c)

church

d)

prison

6.
An allusion is made to what religious leader who is banished because of his/her beliefs?
a)
Isaac Lot
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Ann Hutchinson
7.

What is the main theme in The Scarlet Letter?

a)

thriller

b)

novel

c)

horror

d)

psychological romance

8.

Where was Hawthorne born?

a)

Boston, MA

b)

Hartford, CT

c)

Plymouth, NH

d)

Salem, MA

9.

Hawthorne changed his last name in part to hide his family's dark past.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What group of religious people helped establish Boston?

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritans

c)

Protestants

d)

Satanists

11.

What did Hawthorne's ancestor do and how did Hawthorne feel about it?

a)

He was a judge for the Salem Witch Trials, and Hawthorne was ashamed.

b)

He was a general in the Revolution, and Hawthorne was proud.

c)

He was a judge for the Salem Witch Trials, and Hawthorne was proud.

d)

He was a general in the Revolution, and Hawthorne was ashamed.

12.

When is The Scarlet Letter set?

a)

1600s

b)

1700s

c)

1850

d)

1900s

13.
Puritans believed in which of the following?
a)
Foreordination
b)
Predestination
c)
Reincarnation
d)
Socialism
14.
When an author refers to something well known, such as a biblical story or an historical figure, he or she is making use of
a)
imagery
b)
allusion
c)
inversion
d)
confusion
15.

Type your name here to prove your academic honesty that you did not use any notes, use the internet to look for answers, or ask a friend/ classmate while taking this assessment. This question will be marked "wrong" until I review it.

(a)