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N. Hawthorne

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Hawthorne born?

a)

Boston

b)

New York

c)

Buffalo

d)

Salem

2.

Where did Hawthorne attend university?

a)

Boston College

b)

Harvard

c)

Bowdoin

d)

New Castle

3.

Hawthorne's grandfather is known for doing what?

a)

being part of the Boston Tea Party

b)

judge at Salem witch trials

c)

Pastor of transcendentalism

d)

the first

4.

What year was the Scarlet letter published?

a)

1818

b)

1850

c)

1845

d)

1901

5.

Hester Prynne

a)

is described as a witch

b)

has committed the worst of sins

c)

becomes purer and stronger thanks to her isolation

d)

fights to achieve her revenge

6.

In Massachusetts, Hester

a)

gives birth to a son

b)

is condemned to wear a scarlet A that means avarice

c)

has a love affair with Cardinal Dimmesdale

d)

lives as an outcast

7.

The novel explores

a)

the relationship between sin and money

b)

the joy of having a baby, from a woman's point of view

c)

the moral and psychological effects of sin

d)

the importance of Puritan virtues in American culture

8.

Reverend Dimmesdale

a)

is passionate and impulsive

b)

stands for freedom and intuitiveness

c)

commits what the author considers the worst of all sins

d)

represents the passive side of human will

9.

The Scarlet letter

a)

The story takes places in the town of Salem

b)

The novel is set in the Puritan New England of the 18th century

c)

The novel is set in the Puritan New England of the 17th century

d)

The narrator tells the reader he has found a scarlet cloth in the Salem Club House

10.

The Scarlet Letter: Style

a)

The narrator never gives his opinion on the events narrated

b)

The novel's narrator is omniscient

c)

The author offers a realistic description of contemporary society

d)

The author is against the use of symbols

11.

What letter was added to Hawthorne's last name?

a)

e

b)

w

c)

h

d)

no letters were added

12.

What religion played a prominent role in Hawthorne's life?

a)

Quakerism

b)

Protestantism

c)

Puritanism

d)

Catholicism

13.

How does Hester spend her final days?

a)

She provides counseling to single mothers.

b)

She returns to Boston and continues to wear the "A".

c)

She takes care of her granchild, Pearl's daughter.

d)

She tells her story to Hawthorne.

14.

How did Hester act when she and Pearl emerged from the prison?

a)

She was embarrassed.

b)

She glared at Dimmesdale.

c)

She stared back at the spectators boldly

d)

She started to cry.

15.

How does Hester support herself and Pearl?

a)

Cooking and housekeeping.

b)

Sewing and embroidering.

c)

Nannying for wealthy families.

d)

Prostituting.