Q 01/05
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Nathaniel Hawthorne
C) Herman Melville
D) Washington Irving
Answer · why
It was published in 1850 and became one of the first mass-produced books in America.
Q 02/05
A) Apostasy
B) Avarice
C) Adultery
D) Arrogance
Answer · why
Later in the book many townspeople insist it means something more flattering.
Q 03/05
A) Virginia Colony
B) New Amsterdam
C) Plymouth Colony
D) Massachusetts Bay
Answer · why
The action runs from 1642 to 1649 in Puritan Boston.
Q 04/05
A) The scarlet letter itself
B) A witch's child
C) Her father's conscience
D) An angel of mercy
Answer · why
She is 'the scarlet letter endowed in life', a constant reminder of the sin.
Q 05/05
A) Three days
B) Three hours
C) A full day
D) One hour
Answer · why
The scaffold of a former gallows appears three times, marking the book's beginning, middle and end.
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