The Scarlet Letter: Multichoice Questions (MCQs) by M. Zayed

The Scarlet Letter Quiz

1) In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne handles the lesser-known theme of… by comparing Hester to Eve and Arthur to Adam who were banished from Eden due to sin.

2) With the opening of the novel, we come to see the suffering of… as she has to stand on the scaffold.

3) In the novel, the protagonist has to wear scarlet letter…

4) It is said that on her stand on the scaffold, the protagonist was trying to hide one symbol of her shame with another, what are these two symbols?

5) The author mentions that Arthur Dimmesdale had a …

6) In the novel, Hester's husband came from England where he studied medicine and went by the name of …

7) The theme of guilt and atonement is chiefly shown through the character of …

8) Hester, even after being ostracized by society, shows great …

9) Hester's occupation is …

10) The story is set in the …

11) Hester names her daughter …

12) Arthur Dimmesdale suffers great torment because …

13) Dimmesdale is a …

14) Roger Chillingworth seeks …

15) Dimmesdale dies after …

16) Hester returns to … at the end of the novel.

17) The town's people believe that the scarlet letter gives Hester the ability to …

18) Pearl inherits …

19) The letter "A" also comes to stand for …

20) Dimmesdale punishes himself by …

21) The novel opens with a description of a …

22) In the novel, Pearl is often described as a …

23) Pearl creates a letter "A" out of …

24) Hester removes the scarlet letter in the …