The Scarlet Letter Overview Quiz

Why has Hester's husband been away?

Question Answer Choices Evangelizing Shipwrecked Deer hunting Treating the rural poor

What is the only thing of beauty at the prison?

Question Answer Choices A skylight A rose bush A painting of Jesus A stained glass window

Who does Hester say fathered her daughter?

Question Answer Choices Dimmesdale She refuses to say Chillingworth Satan

What power does Hester imagine the letter has given her?

Question Answer Choices Invincibiltiy Invisibility Immortality Power to see others' sins

What does Chillingworth say would be the best vengeance?

Question Answer Choices Death Giving the child away Having Hester wear the scarlet letter forever Discovering secrets about the accusers

What startling claim does Pearl make?

Question Answer Choices She hates her mother She has no heavenly father She has no soul She is the child of Satan

What vow does Dr. Prynne (now known as Roger Chillingworth) make?

Question Answer Choices To avenge his wife's public humiliation To find and make known the father of Hester's baby To punish Hester personally To burn down the village

What additional punishment must Hester endure following her imprisonment?

Question Answer Choices Branding Whipping Walking naked back to her home and through the crowds Three hours of public humiliation on a scaffold

Why does Hester name her daughter "Pearl"?

Question Answer Choices Pearl's beautiful teeth are pearly white Like a precious gem, Pearl was "costly" Pearl is named after her mother Pearl's skin is pearly white

What skill brings Hester fame?

Question Answer Choices Butter churning Needlework Candlemaking Calligraphy