Among the audience at the scaffold, who took "special interest in whatever punishment might be expected to take place"?
According to the townspeople, who especially took Hester's sin "to heart"?
Why is Hester inclined to "clasp the infant closely to her bosom" when she first steps out of the prison?
The narrator ironically compares Hester to whom while Hester stands on the platform?
Why is Hester hesitant to give the medicine to her child, Pearl?
In chapter seven, what excuse does Hester use to visit Governor Bellingham?
Chapter 7-What is the real reason Hester visits Governor Bellingham?
Chapter 7- What details suggest Governor Bellingham is a hypocritical Puritan leader?
Pearl throws a tantrum when Hester refuses to give her a rose from Governor Bellingham's rosebush.
Chapter 9-Roger Chillingsworth moves next door to Reverend Dimmesdale.
Chapter 10-Pearl calls Rev. Dimmesdale the black man.
Roger Chillingworth sneaks a look at Dimmesdale's chest while Dimmesdale sleeps.
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.
Chapter 15-Pearl has established a connection between her mother's scarlet letter and what else?
Chapter 17-Whom does "they" refer to in the following quote?
"They had been estranged by fate and by their situation."
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!"
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."
Chapter 20--Hester and Reverend Dimmesdale decide to flee to the Old World together.
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.
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!"
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Rev. Wilson | arrow_right_alt | “Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will always be in her heart.” |
woman in the crown | arrow_right_alt | “She will not speak! Wondrous strength and generosity of a woman’s heart! She will not speak!” |
the narrator | arrow_right_alt | “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.” |
Arthur Dimmesdale | arrow_right_alt | “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.” |
Roger Chillingworth | arrow_right_alt | “I will not speak! And my child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!” |
Hestor Pyrnne | arrow_right_alt | “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!” |
Which of the following quotes BEST reveals that Chillingworth vows to find the man with whom Hester had an affair?
Why doesn’t Hester go back to her home in England?
Put the events listed below in chronological order.
Dimmesdale and Chillingworth get into an argument.
Chillingworth tries to get Dimmesdale to tell his secret
Chillingworth sees Dimmesdale’s secret by looking “into” his heart while Dimmesdale sleeps.
Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and screams.
Pearl asks Dimmesdale to stand with her and Hester at noontide.
A churchgoer gives Dimmesdale a black glove found on the scaffold.
Dimmesdale finds out Governor Winthrop has died.
The letter A flashes through the night sky
What does Pearl say is the reason the sun does not shine on her mother?
Put the events listed below in chronological order.
Hester receives news that Chillingworth will be joining her and Dimmesdale on their escape to Bristol.
Dimmesdale gives the Election Day sermon.
Pearl inherits a fortune.
Dimmesdale confesses his sin upon the scaffold.
Hester comes back to her cottage in New England.
Chillingworth dies.
Mistress Hibbons says Pearl is the daughter of the Prince of the Air.
Hester and Pearl go back to England.
Dimmesdale dies.
Hester dies and is buried next to Dimmesdale.
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Throughout the seven years that the novel takes place, the emotion that Hester experiences the most is:
Dimmesdale holding his hand over his heart throughout the novel is a motif which supports which theme?
What is the climax of the novel?
Chillingworth makes it his mission to _________ Dimmesdale
When Dimmesdale confesses his sin on the scaffold, Chillingworth screams:
What was likely found on Dimmesdale’s chest?
Which of the following words BEST describes Puritan society?
The scaffold is most likely a symbol of :
What is/are the main conflict(s) of the story?
When Hester reveals the true identity of Chillingworth to Dimmesdale, his initial reaction is:
Just before Dimmesdale dies, Pearl:
What does the rose symbolize in this novel?
Hester headstone reads: