Scarlet Letter Please read each question and answer

Scarlet Letter

Please read each question and answer at the best of your ability.

1. In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set? (A) The sixteenth century (B) The seventeenth century (C) The eighteenth century (D) The nineteenth century

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2. What is the occupation of the narrator of this story? (A) Attorney (B) Minister (C) Land surveyor (D) Customs officer

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3. Where do Hester and Chillingworth live before coming to America? (A) Amsterdam (B) Paris (C) Edinburgh (D) Jamaica

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4. With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston? (A) Another band of Puritans (B) Native Americans (C) Spanish settlers in Florida (D) Canadian fur trappers

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5. What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept? (A) A rosebush (B) A pine tree (C) A gallows (D) A graveyard

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6. What item in the governor’s mansion shows Hester a distorted reflection of herself? (A) An antique mirror (B) A suit of armor (C) A stained-glass window (D) The governor’s eyeglasses

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7. Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins? (A) Scourging or whipping (B) Fasting (C) Vigils (extended periods of wakefulness and/or prayer) (D) All of the above

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8. In what city do Hester and Pearl live? (A) Salem (B) Providence (C) Boston (D) Hartford

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9. Who is Mistress Hibbins? (A) The governor’s sister (B) Hester’s mother (C) Dimmesdale’s aunt (D) Chillingworth’s second wife

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10. How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die? (A) She is strangled by Chillingworth. (B) She wastes away in a diphtheria epidemic. (C) She is executed publicly as a witch. (D) Pearl puts a hex on her.

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