The Scarlet Letter

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The Scarlet Letter

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1. What is the subtitle of The Scarlet Letter?

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A Tragedy

A Menace

A History

A Romance

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2. What is the genre of The scarlet Letter?

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Historical fiction

Tragedy

Comedy

None of the above

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3. Which particular age gets reflected in The Scarlet Letter?

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Victorian

Elizabethan

Modern

Puritan

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4. In which year the novel was published?

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1850

1851

1853

1854

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5. Who called The Scarlet Letter as "perfect work of the American imagination"?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. H. Lawrence

Poe

Lawrence and Hawthorne

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6. In which city the novel is set?

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Salem, Massachusetts

New Jersey, Massachusetts

New America

Boston, Massachusetts

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7. What is the name of the elderly priest?

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John Wilson

Arthur Dimmesdale

Governor Bellingham

Mistress Hibbins

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8. What type of work Hester was doing to earn money?

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Sewing

painting

Needlework

She was not doing any work.

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9. How does Roger Chillingworth introduce himself in the town?

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as a sailor

as a priest

as a physician

as an advocate

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10. What is the reason of Dimmesdale's failing health?

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illness

work load

traveling

unconfessed guilt

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11. The Scarlet Letter is a novel about

Sin

punishment and repentance

a woman's problems

public and private

12. Can we say that Dimmesdale has committed sexual sin?

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yes

Both

13. What does Hester make for Governor Winthrop?

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A new hat

A pair of gloves

A golden threaded shirt

A bag made of wool and silk

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14. Which of the following symbols represents Hester's sexual sin?

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The Scarlet Letter

Arthur Dimmesdale's scourging

Hester's sewing skills

Hester's long, flowing hair

Pearl

15. Which of the following does not take place in The Scarlet Letter?

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Hester gives birth to a daughter

Hester and Dimmesdale run away to a better place

Chillingworth tortures Dimmesdale

Mistress Hibbins is reputed to be a witch

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16.At the end of the novel, what does Pearl to do her father when he confesses his sin at the end of the novel?

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She laughs at him

She kisses him

She gives him her hair

She gives him a scarlet letter

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17. Who makes Hester promise not to reveal his/her identity in The Scarlet Letter ?

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Roger Chillingworth

Arthur Dimmesdale

Pearl

People of the town

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18. The rose and the rosebush is a symbol of

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happiness

nature

wildness

reflects individual's nature

society v/s nature

19. How does Hester wear her scarlet letter?

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With shame

With pride and defiance

With happiness

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20. What does the scarlet letter stand for?

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Acrimony

Attribute

Indignity

Adulteress

sin

repentance

crime

punishment

individualism

love

21. Which of the following does not die over the course of the novel?

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Hester Prynne

Arthur Dimmesdale

Mistress Hibbins

Roger Chillingworth

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22. How does Arthur Dimmesdale die?

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He dies on the scaffold

He dies kissing Pearl

He dies caressing Hester

He is killed by Roger Chillingworth

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23. What happens when Hester takes off the Scarlet letter in front of Pearl?

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Radiant light beams over Hester; she has transformed into a new woman

Pearl runs to Dimmesdale, revealing that he is her true father

Pearl begins to convulse violently

The scarlet letter evaporates

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24. Which character (not including Hester) is the first to see Hester Prynne's scarlet letter?

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Arthur Dimmesdale

Pearl

Mistress Hibbins

Roger Chillingworth

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25. Why does Hester have to wear the scarlet letter? What does this represent to the townspeople?

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Hester wears it as a symbol of Dimmesdale's love; this represents Hester's extreme love capability

Hester has had sex with an unknown individual; this represents the realization of (and atonement for) sin

Hester desires nothing more than to be noticed; this represents Hester's ultimate cry for attention

Hester is too prideful to do anything worthy of being in that town; the townspeople scorn her for this

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26. At the beginning of the novel, why does Pearl cry?

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She is dropped when Hester goes into shock

She is squeezed when Hester thinks about her future

She is reacting to the sight of the Scarlet Letter

She is crying for the return of her father

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27. Which character was reputed to be a witch?

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Dimmesdale's wife

Hester Prynne

Mistress Hibbins

Lady Dulocca

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28. Which character says "I was plucked off the rosebush"?

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Hester

Dimmesdale

Pearl

Chillingworth

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29. Which of the following character's life is threatened by the other?

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Hester

Pearl

Dimmesdale

Chillingworth

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30. The novel The Scarlet Letter shows a strong conflict between_________.

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Man and Woman

Man and Nature

Hester and Pearl

Individual ideology and Social ideology

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31. Which of the following themes prevails throughout the novel?

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Love

Community

History

Motherhood

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32. Which of the followings are symbols of Christianity in The Scarlet Letter?

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Hester and Pearl

Church and The Scaffold

Prison and The Scaffold

Prison and The Church

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33. When the novel opens, there are flowers out side of the prison gate. What is the color of flowers?

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Red

Black

Yellow

White

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