1. Chapter 24 from The original text of The Scarlet Letter hosted by the University of Virginia
2. Quiz on The Scarlet Letter: cited from http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/quiz/thescarletletter/1/

• Hawthorne completed The Scarlet Letter in what year? (A) 1820 (B) 1850 (C) 1900 (D) 1950.
• Why did Hawthorne write the Custom-House introduction to the novel? (A) he wanted to describe how he "discovered" the manuscript (B) he wanted to write an autobiographical short story (C) he thought The Scarlet Letter was too short to print by itself (D) he was interested in the economic side of adultery.
• The prison door best represents which of the following? (A) a dirty, rusted old door separating Hester from her daughter (B) Puritanical severity of law and the authority of the regime (C) an escape route for Hester (D) the strength of Hester's determination to live with her crime.
• The rosebush outside the prison door is a symbol of all of the following except: (A) Hester's passion (B) the wilderness surrounding Boston (C) Puritanical punishment of moral crimes (D) Ann Hutchinson’s tolerance of other religions.
• The blossoms of the rosebush are metaphors for: (A) Pearl and the moral of the story (B) Dimmesdale’s love for Hester (C) Hester’s passion and her marriage to Roger Chillingworth (D) Pearl and the crime of the story.
• Hawthorne 's portrayal of the Puritanical society is one of: (A) support for the Puritan way of life (B) disgust with the Puritan way of life (C) contradictory images and hypocrisy (D) none of the above.
• Hester has embroidered what symbol onto her dress? (A) a round pearl (B) a scarlet letter A (C) a bird for freedom (D) a rose blossom.
• What gesture does Reverend Dimmesdale make throughout the book? (A) rubs his brow (B) raises his eyes to heaven (C) places his hand over his heart (D) pulls at his shirt sleeves.
• All of the following ironies occur in the first scaffold scene except: (A) the irony that Chillingworth chides Hester from the crowd, asking her to reveal the father (B) the irony that Dimmesdale is called upon to ask Hester who the father is (C) the irony that Pearl will bring Hester and Dimmesdale back together (D) the irony that Hester is married to Chillingworth but has had a child with another man.
• Chillingworth pretends to be of what profession? (A) an infantryman (B) a clergyman (C) a doctor (D) a lawyer.
• After she is released from prison, Hester goes to live where? (A) in another city in the colony of Massachusetts (B) within the city of Boston (C) with Roger Chillingworth (D) on the outskirts of Boston.
• How does Hester earn a living? (A) by healing other people (B) by growing crops (C) by selling wood in Boston (D) by her needlework.
• What is the first thing that Pearl sees as a baby? (A) the scarlet letter on Hester’s chest (B) the rosebush (C) the inside of a prison cell (D) Hester.
• What does Pearl best represent throughout the novel? (A) a form of punishment for Hester (B) the unifying force that will bring Hester and Dimmesdale together at the end (C) the living embodiment of Hester's sin (D) a young innocent child.
• When John Wilson asks Pearl who her maker is, Pearl replies: (A) that God made her (B) that sin made her (C) that she was plucked off a rose bush (D) that Hester and Dimmesdale made her.
• Mistress Hibbins, the sister of Governor Bellingham, is reputed to be: (A) a cruel lady (B) a good mother (C) a Puritan (D) a witch.
• Hawthorne draws strong parallels between what three images? (A) Pearl, Hester, the red rose (B) Pearl, the red rose, the scarlet letter (C) the prison door, the scarlet letter, Pearl (D) the prison door, the red rose, Pearl.
• To whom does Hawthorne apply the term "The Leech"? (A) Pearl (B) Hester (C) Dimmesdale (D) Chillingworth.
• How does Chillingworth figure out who Pearl 's father really is? (A) Chillingworth becomes Dimmesdale's doctor and guesses the secret (B) Hester tells him one day in the woods (C) Dimmesdale tells him (D) He never finds out.
• What illuminates the first scaffold scene where Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl are brought together? (A) a meteor (B) a lantern (C) a fire (D) a torch.
• The fact that this scaffold scene is illuminated can be understood as: (A) badluck (B) success for Chillingworth (C) divine intervention (D) Hawthorne 's desire to be melodramatic.
• Pearl 's role changes towards the end of the novel. She starts to "punish" which character? (A) Hester (B) Bellingham (C) Dimmesdale (D) Chillingworth.
• What is Hester's response when she learns that the Puritan council might allow her to remove her scarlet letter? (A) she immediately takes the letter off and goes into town without it (B) she is very happy (C) she indicates that only God can remove her letter (D) she is furious.
• Hester tries to convince Dimmesdale to do what during their walks in the woods? (A) to get rid of Chillingworth (B) to marry her (C) to adopt Pearl (D) to run away and live elsewhere.
• What does the forest stand for? (A) An evil place where the Dark Man lives (B) A dark, sinister place where lives are ruined (C) A wild, uninhibited place where passion can flourish (D) A bright place where flowers grow.