WorksheetsThe Scarlet Letter Quiz: Vocab #1 and Chapters (5--8)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
“His first care was given to the child, whose cries... made it of peremptory necessity to postpone all other business...” Which of the following best defines peremptory?
a)
Unimportant
b)
Passive
c)
Urgent
d)
Assuming
2.
“Throughout them all, giving up her individuality, she would become the general symbol at which they might vivify and embody their images of woman’s frailty and sinful passion.” Which of the following best defines vivify?
a)
Give life to
b)
Ignore completely
c)
Acknowledge
d)
Discourage
3.
“Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation that brought a crowd...” Which of the following best defines exhortation?
a)
A joke
b)
Urgent advice
c)
Prayer
d)
Profanity
4.
“The poor, as we have already said, whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that was stretched forth to succor them.” Which of the following best defines reviled?
a)
Forgive, give another chance
b)
Ignore her talent as a seamstress
c)
Praise
d)
Denounce, scold
5.
“As to any other kind of discipline, whether addressed to her mind or heart, little Pearl might nor might not be within its reach, in accordance with the caprice that ruled the moment.” Which of the following best defines caprice?
a)
Nightmare
b)
Impulse
c)
Intention
d)
Attitude
6.
“At the epoch of pristine simplicity...public interest, and of far less intrinsic weight than the welfare of Hester and her child…” Which of the following best defines intrinsic?
a)
Unimportant
b)
Complicated
c)
Essential
d)
Memorable
7.
“At the epoch of pristine simplicity...public interest, and of far less intrinsic weight than the welfare of Hester and her child…” Which of the following best defines pristine?
a)
pure, new
b)
complicated, difficult to understand
c)
tarnished and unclean
d)
humorous, laughable
8.
“She demanded to be taken up in arms; but was soon as imperious to be set down again...” Which of the following best defines imperious?
a)
Fearful
b)
Regretting
c)
Commanding
d)
Whining
9.
Pearl, who was a dauntless child, after frowning, stamping her foot, and shaking her little hand.... suddenly made a rush after enemies.” Which of the following best defines dauntless?
a)
Fearful, timid
b)
Dangerous, alarming
c)
Impatient, uninterested
d)
Fearless, determined
10.
In Chapter 8 when describing the young minister, the author writes, “His figure...was tremulous with the vehemence of his appeal.” Which of the following best defines tremulous?
a)
strong
b)
trembling
c)
rigid
d)
swaying
11.
If the latter possess native sagacity, and a nameless something more – let us call it intuition; ... to bring his mind into such affinity with his patient's,... then will the soul of the sufferer be dissolved... bringing all its mysteries into the daylight. Which of the following best defines sagacity?
a)
Supernatural powers
b)
Wisdom
c)
Stupidity
d)
Duty
12.
"Those who had before known her, and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished, and even startled, to perceive how her beauty shone out, and made a halo of the misfortune and ignominy in which she was enveloped." In this description of Hester Prynne when she is first seen in the novel, which of the following best defines ignominy?
a)
humor
b)
pride
c)
shame
d)
sadness
13.
"With the scarlet token of infamy on her breast." What is the definition of infamy?
a)
adultery
b)
fabric
c)
honor
d)
sin
14.
Bold and outspoken
a)
ponderous
b)
congenial
c)
venerable
d)
panoply
e)
brazen
15.
Friendly, likeable
a)
ponderous
b)
congenial
c)
venerable
d)
panoply
e)
brazen
16.
Respected
a)
ponderous
b)
congenial
c)
venerable
d)
panoply
e)
brazen
17.
Heavy, cumbersome
a)
ponderous
b)
congenial
c)
venerable
d)
panoply
e)
brazen
18.
Collection
a)
ponderous
b)
congenial
c)
venerable
d)
panoply
e)
brazen
19.
Hester Prynne will not reveal her ________________ to the Puritan leaders because she wanted protect his identity.
a)
paramour
b)
iniquity
c)
ascetic
d)
lurid
e)
meagre
20.
A monk is a(n)
a)
ascetic
b)
iniquity
c)
paramour
d)
lurid
e)
meagre
21.
The severe self-discipline of the monk can be considered ________________.
a)
penitence
b)
iniquity
c)
paramour
d)
lurid
e)
meagre
22.
Hester's _________________ was commiting adultery.
a)
iniquity
b)
paramour
c)
ascetic
d)
lurid
e)
meagre
23.
The scarlet letter casts a __________________ glow on the prison walls.
a)
lurid
b)
iniquity
c)
paramour
d)
ascetic
e)
meagre
24.
This _________________ helping will not satisfy the ravenous football player.
a)
meagre
b)
iniquity
c)
paramour
d)
ascetic
e)
lurid
25.
Dimmesdale's ______________________ is quiet, uncertain, and tremulous.
a)
demeanor
b)
iniquity
c)
paramour
d)
ascetic
e)
lurid
26.
What did the letter A seem to give Hester?
a)
A lurid glow on her cheeks
b)
A sympathetic knowledge of the sins of those who mistreated her
c)
A feeling of superiority.
d)
A special bond with Mistress Hibbins
27.
In Chapter 6, what was it about Pearl’s actions that concerned Hester?
a)
Pearl was quiet and withdrawn from her mother.
b)
Pearl was too friendly and even talked to strangers.
c)
Pearl refused to speak to her mother unless her mother made her new outfits regularly.
d)
Pearl was wild and undisciplined.
28.
Hester was asked to do needlework for everyone in town except for
a)
future mothers
b)
brides
c)
clergy
d)
children
29.
In Chapter 5, how was Hester treated in town?
a)
She was ignored by the women in town.
b)
Clergymen often made her the subject of their sermons, and those she helped scorned her.
c)
She was shunned by the town, but her infant daughter was well accepted.
d)
She was shunned by the town, and the Clergymen begged the town to forgive her.
30.
How does Hester dress compared to the way she dresses Pearl?
a)
Hester wears fancy, frilly dresses and dresses Pearl in rags.
b)
Hester and Pearl are both dressed in coarse, somber clothing.
c)
Hester wears somber clothing and dresses Pearl in beautifully adorned, brightly colored clothing.
d)
Hester dresses herself and Pearl in rich clothing of bright colors and fancy embroidery.
31.
Where do Hester and Pearl live?
a)
Since she committed the sin of adultery, she now lives in the jail.
b)
She lives in a flat in the center of town, with a view of the scaffold so she is constantly reminded of her sin.
c)
She lives in a cottage with Roger Chillingworth at the edge of town.
d)
She and Pearl live alone, in a cottage at the edge of town by the sea.
32.
Why did some of the townspeople want to take Pearl from Hester?
a)
They believed that the Governor should take care of Pearl.
b)
They believed that Hester was not able to provide Pearl with the proper moral and religious upbringing.
c)
They believed there was no hope for Hester and Pearl and they should be separated.
d)
They believed that Pearl should be raised by the governor's sister.
33.
How does Pearl handle the Puritan children who make fun of her and her mother?
a)
Pearl ignores them and the silence makes the children stop.
b)
Pearl runs at them, yelling and screaming.
c)
Pearl hides under her mother’s skirt.
d)
Pearl tries to make friends with them.
34.
Who has become Arthur Dimmesdale’s close companion?
a)
Pearl
b)
Hester
c)
Chillingworth
d)
Reverend Wilson
35.
When Pearl is asked, "Who made thee," what does she reply?
a)
My heavenly father
b)
My mother and her paramour.
c)
She refuses to answer.
d)
That she was plucked from the rose bush by the prison door.
36.
When the gentlemen are ready to take Pearl from Hester, who stands up for Hester?
a)
Dimmesdale
b)
Chillingworth
c)
No one.
d)
Pearl
37.
Following the meeting with the governor and the ministers, what does Mistress Hibbins want Hester to do?
a)
Come to live with her.
b)
Go to the church and thank God for allowing Pearl to stay with Hester.
c)
Go to the woods to sign the Devil's book.
d)
Let her take care of Pearl.
38.
Following the exchange at the governor's mansion, how does Pearl react to Dimmesdale?
a)
She reacts the same way as she did to the other men in the room: boldly.
b)
She reacts differently to him. She is soft and sweet towards him.
c)
She refuses to go near him just as she did with Rev. Wilson.
d)
She cries and points at Chillingworth.
39.
As the story progresses, what is happening to Dimmesdale?
a)
His sermons no longer touch the people in town as they used to.
b)
The other ministers are jealous of the attention he gets.
c)
His health has taken a severe turn for the worse so his parishioners are hoping he will take a leave of absence.
d)
In spite of his declining health, his parishioners respect and adore him.
40.
What shocks Hester about Chillingworth's appearance after she sees him at the governor's mansion?
a)
He appears healthier and not as mishapen.
b)
He is smiling and congenial.
c)
He, like the minsister, appears ill and sick.
d)
His appearance has grown more malevolent (evil) and uglier.
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