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Scarlett Letter Final Exam

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Question 1
1.

Among the audience at the scaffold, who took "special interest in whatever punishment might be expected to take place"?

Question 2
2.

According to the townspeople, who especially took Hester's sin "to heart"?

Question 3
3.

Why is Hester inclined to "clasp the infant closely to her bosom" when she first steps out of the prison?

Question 4
4.

The narrator ironically compares Hester to whom while Hester stands on the platform?

Question 5
5.

Why is Hester hesitant to give the medicine to her child, Pearl?

Question 6
6.

In chapter seven, what excuse does Hester use to visit Governor Bellingham?

Question 7
7.

Chapter 7-What is the real reason Hester visits Governor Bellingham?

Question 8
8.

Chapter 7- What details suggest Governor Bellingham is a hypocritical Puritan leader?

Question 9
9.

Pearl throws a tantrum when Hester refuses to give her a rose from Governor Bellingham's rosebush.

Question 10
10.

Chapter 9-Roger Chillingsworth moves next door to Reverend Dimmesdale.

Question 11
11.

Chapter 10-Pearl calls Rev. Dimmesdale the black man.

Question 12
12.

Roger Chillingworth sneaks a look at Dimmesdale's chest while Dimmesdale sleeps.

Question 13
13.

Chapter 12-Reverend Dimmesdale sees or meets each of the following characters while standing on the scaffold in the dark: Rev. Mr. Wilson, Hester Prynne, Pearl, Governor Winthrop, Mistress Hibbins, and Roger Chillingworth.

Question 14
14.

Chapter 15-Pearl has established a connection between her mother's scarlet letter and what else?

Question 15
15.

Chapter 17-Whom does "they" refer to in the following quote?
"They had been estranged by fate and by their situation."

Question 16
16.

Chapter 17-In the following quote, what is the "sin" that is referenced?
"Such a friend as you have even now wished for, with whom to weep over your sin, you have in me, the partner of it!"

Question 17
17.

Chapter 18-Why is "Shame, Despair, and Solitude" capitalized in the following quote?
"Shame, Despair, and Solitude! These had been her teachers - stern and wild ones - and they had made her strong."

Question 18
18.

Chapter 20--Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale decide to flee to the Old World together.

Question 19
19.

Chapter 20-Reverend Dimmesdale is tempted to commit strange and wicked acts such as teaching young Puritan children curse words on his return home from the forest.

Question 20
20.

Chapter 23-Who says, "Madman, hold! What is your purpose? Wave back that woman! Cast off this child! All shall be well! Do not blacken your fame and perish in dishonor! I can yet save you!"

Question 21
21.
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Roger Chillingworth
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“Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will always be in her heart.”
Rev. Wilson
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“She will not speak! Wondrous strength and generosity of a woman’s heart! She will not speak!”
Hestor Pyrnne
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“I am a stranger, and have been a wanderer, sorely against my will. I have met with grievous mishaps by sea and land, and have been long held in bonds among the heathen-folk, to the southward, and am now brought hither by this Indian, to be redeemed out of my captivity.”
woman in the crown
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“It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of the tale of human frailty and sorrow.”
the narrator
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“I will not speak! And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!”
Arthur Dimmesdale
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“Speak to the woman, my brother. It is of moment to her soul, and therefore, as the worshipful Governor says, momentous to thine own, in whose charge hers is. Exhort her to confess the truth!”
Question 22
22.

Which of the following quotes BEST reveals that Chillingworth vows to find the man with whom Hester had an affair?

Question 23
23.

Why doesn’t Hester go back to her home in England?

Question 24
24.

Put the events listed below in chronological order.

  1. Pearl asks Dimmesdale to stand with her and Hester at noontide.
  2. The letter A flashes through the night sky
  3. A churchgoer gives Dimmesdale a black glove found on the scaffold.
  4. Dimmesdale finds out Governor Winthrop has died.
  5. Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and screams.
  6. Chillingworth tries to get Dimmesdale to tell his secret
  7. Dimmesdale and Chillingworth get into an argument.
  8. Chillingworth sees Dimmesdale’s secret by looking “into” his heart while Dimmesdale sleeps.
Question 25
25.

What does Pearl say is the reason the sun does not shine on her mother?

Question 26
26.

Put the events listed below in chronological order.

  1. Chillingworth dies.
  2. Pearl inherits a fortune.
  3. Hester receives news that Chillingworth will be joining her and Dimmesdale on their escape to Bristol.
  4. Dimmesdale gives the Election Day sermon.
  5. Mistress Hibbons says Pearl is the daughter of the Prince of the Air.
  6. Hester comes back to her cottage in New England.
  7. Dimmesdale dies.
  8. Dimmesdale confesses his sin upon the scaffold.
  9. Hester and Pearl go back to England.
  10. Hester dies and is buried next to Dimmesdale.
Question 27
27.

Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Question 28
28.

Throughout the seven years that the novel takes place, the emotion that Hester experiences the most is:

Question 29
29.

Dimmesdale holding his hand over his heart throughout the novel is a motif which supports which theme?

Question 30
30.

What is the climax of the novel?

Question 31
31.

Chillingworth makes it his mission to _________ Dimmesdale

Question 32
32.

When Dimmesdale confesses his sin on the scaffold, Chillingworth screams:

Question 33
33.

What was likely found on Dimmesdale’s chest?

Question 34
34.

Which of the following words BEST describes Puritan society?

Question 35
35.

The scaffold is most likely a symbol of :

Question 36
36.

What is/are the main conflict(s) of the story?

Question 37
37.

When Hester reveals the true identity of Chillingworth to Dimmesdale, his initial reaction is:

Question 38
38.

Just before Dimmesdale dies, Pearl:

Question 39
39.

What does the rose symbolize in this novel?

Question 40
40.

Hester headstone reads: