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Quiz: The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1 - 3)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What buildings does this new colony of Puritans build first?

a)

hospital and cemetery

b)

cemetery and prison

c)

prison and church

d)

church and hospital

2.

What does the black flower in Chapter 1 symbolize?

a)

the hearts of those who don't follow Puritan ideals

b)

the sinful thoughts of mankind

c)

the prison that houses wrongdoers

d)

the woman who wears the scarlet letter

3.

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

a)

branding on her forehead

b)

lashings on her back

c)

death

d)

branding on her forehead

&

lashings on her back

e)

branding on her forehead

&

death

4.

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

a)

her home in Old England

b)

a scholarly man

c)

her wealthy grandparents

d)

her parents

5.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

6.

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

a)

Who is this lady on the scaffold?

b)

What is the baby's name?

c)

What has this lady on the scaffold done?

d)

Who is the father of the baby?

7.

Who is Hester's pastor?

a)

Dimmesdale

b)

Wilson

c)

Chillingworth

d)

Winthrop

8.

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

a)

"Mr. Prynne"

b)

"Never!"

c)

"I will tell you three days from today."

d)

"He must reveal it himself."

9.

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

a)

forgiving

b)

strict

c)

loving

d)

sympathetic

10.

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

a)

secretive

b)

determined

c)

handsome

d)

intelligent