Q 01/05

What does Hester's daughter finally do as Dimmesdale lies dying on the scaffold?

A) Kisses him

B) Prays for him

C) Sings to him

D) Turns away from him

Answer · why

A) Kisses him

Hester's daughter kisses him at last, and a spell is broken: her tears on his cheek pledge that she will grow up amid human joy and sorrow.

Q 02/05

What does Hester Prynne's scarlet letter 'A' stand for?

A) Apostasy

B) Avarice

C) Adultery

D) Arrogance

Answer · why

C) Adultery

Adultery was a capital crime under the colony's laws, but the magistrates spared Hester, sentencing her to three hours on the scaffold and a lifelong ...

Q 03/05

What does the sexton hand Dimmesdale the day after his night vigil on the scaffold?

A) His black glove

B) His Bible

C) His hat

D) His handkerchief

Answer · why

A) His black glove

His black glove, the sexton says, was found on the scaffold, where Satan must have dropped it as a jest against the minister.

Q 04/05

In The Scarlet Letter, who had held Hester's husband captive before he reached Boston?

A) Barbary pirates

B) Native Americans

C) Spanish sailors

D) French soldiers

Answer · why

B) Native Americans

Native Americans had held him captive, and when he finally reached Boston he found his wife on the scaffold, shamed for bearing a child in his absence...

Q 05/05

What does Hester refuse to reveal from the scaffold in The Scarlet Letter?

A) Her child's father

B) Her birthplace

C) Why she came to Boston

D) Her baby's name

Answer · why

A) Her child's father

Hester refuses to name her child's father, even when Dimmesdale urges her to speak, though he is the father himself.