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Ch. 13-15 Reading Quiz (Scarlet Letter)

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Question 1
1.

At the start of Chapter 13, how old is Pearl now?

Question 2
2.

In Chapter 13, how long has it been since Hester and Chillingworth lived together as a married couple in England?

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Question 4
4.

Choose one of your selections above and fully articulate your answer:

What is one thing the A has come to mean now? Why?

Cite the text at least once to support your response.

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Question 5
5.

How has Hester changed in Ch. 13 (consider how far she's come from the imprisoned woman on the scaffold)? What has changed in her character, inner or outer?

(Challenge - Make an inference: Why the change?)

Cite the text at least once in your answer.

Question 6
6.

What could "transfigure" Hester back into the woman she once was?

Question 7
7.

Pages 110-111 contain a Dark Romantic (Anti-Transcendentalist) theme in that....

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Question 8
8.

How has Chillingworth changed in Ch. 14 (consider how far he's come from the man he once was when married to Hester)? What has changed in his character, inner or outer?

(Challenge - Make an inference: Why the change?)

Cite the text at least once in your answer.

Question 9
9.

Who does Chillingworth blame for the changes in his character?

Question 10
10.

Who does Hester blame for the changes in Chillingworth's character?

Question 11
11.

Chillingworth is surprised to recognize and realize how significant the changes to his character have become.

Question 12
12.

Chillingworth is inspired, even excited, by the changes to his character.

Question 13
13.

Hester convinces Chillingworth to leave Dimmesdale alone.

Question 14
14.

Chillingworth forgives Hester for cheating on him and committing Adultery.

Question 15
15.

Although sympathetic, upon reflection Hester realizes her true feelings towards Chillingworth.

Summarize Hester's reflections and realizations at the start of Chapter 15 (pages 118-119). (Bullet Points are fine)

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Question 17
17.

For the first time in the novel, we see what side of Pearl's character in Ch. 15?

Question 18
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"In all the seven bygone years, Hester Prynne had never before been false to the symbol on her bosom. It may be that it was the talisman of a stern and severe, but yet a guardian spirit, who now forsook her, as recognizing that, in spite of his strict watch over her heart, some new evil had crept into it or some old one had never been expelled." (bottom of page 121)

In this passage, what "evil" has popped up here in Hester's character?

Question 19
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Question 20
20.

Hester's treatment of Pearl is SIMILAR to how Dimmesdale treats his secret punishment/guilt (his letter A) in that....

Question 21
21.

How would you categorize these characters across Chapters 1 - 15?

  • Hester
  • Chillingworth
  • Rev. Dimmesdale
  • Pearl
9 years old
18 years old
12 years
20 years
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Question 16
16.

Faithlessness (both marital and religious)
Guilt / Shame
Dishonesty
Lust / Desire
In Chapter 15, how does Hester begin to treat Pearl (her letter A)?
she threatens to shut Pearl away in a dark closet
she hides Pearl away in the house during the day
she only lets Pearl laugh or play in the woods
she tries to hide her in the house or cover Pearl up with her hands
she hits Pearl to force her to be quiet
All of the above
None of the above
she threatens to shut Pearl away in a dark closet = the way Dimmesdale self harms in a dark closet
she only lets Pearl laugh or play in the woods = the way Dimmesdale only laughs or relaxes in the woods
she tries to hide/cover up Pearl = the way Dimmesdale covers his heart
she hits Pearl to force her to be quiet = the way Dimmesdale physically hurts himself to hide his guilt
All of the above - Dimmesdale and Hester are perfect parallels of each other in their treatment of their "A"s
None of the above - Dimmesdale's actions are completely dissimilar to Hester's treatment of Pearl.
Rev. Wilson
Governor Bellingham
Mistress Hibbins
Round/Dynamic Character (growth, change, complexity of motivation, multidimensional)
Flat/Static Character (lack of growth/change, simplicity of motivation/characterization)
In Chapter 13, the Scarlet Letter (while still representing her sin and punishment) has now come to mean which of the following to Hester and/or the townspeople in this chapter?
Affordable
Alone
Adventurous
Able (Abel)
Austerity
Apathetic
Ageless
Admirable
Aid
Authentic
In this section, Pearl is compared to:
a fearsome sea deity, smashing boats
a prison / tomb
a little mermaid
unripe fruit
a little bird
a siren on the shore
a "naughty" elf-child
her mother, with her own Letter A on her dress
a wood nymph
wildfire