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Pop Quiz: All About Hawthorne’s Tales and Mosses

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1.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, a writer famous for his reclusive habits, was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 on which date?

July 1st
July 2nd
July 3rd
July 4th

2.

In his 1843 short story, “The Birthmark,” a scientist is obsessed with removing the birthmark that mars his wife’s otherwise pristine face. What shape was the mark?

A hand
An angel
A heart
A lightning bolt

3.

Hawthorne graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825 where he befriended which famous American?

Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
Franklin Pierce
Ralph Waldo Emerson

4.

In 1844, Hawthorne published a story about a man who falls in love with a woman who has been nourished on poison until she is, herself, poison. What’s the title?

Rappaccini’s Poison
Rappaccini’s Sin
Rappaccini’s Experiment
Rappaccini’s Daughter

5.

In “Young Goodman Brown,” the protagonist finds evidence that makes him suspect his wife is a witch. What is it?

A ribbon
A lock of hair
A shoe
A photograph

6.

Complete the title of this 1844 story: “The Artist of the …”

Scientist
Beautiful
Reverend
Mounted Men

7.

What was the name of Hawthorne’s wife?

Hester Prynne
Laura Bush
Sophia Peabody
Peyton Manning

8.

Name the short story that begins with this line: “The Sexton stood in the porch of Milford meeting-house, pulling lustily at the bell-rope.”

My Kinsman, Major Molineux
Roger Malvin’s Burial
The Minister's Black Veil
The Ambitious Guest