Characters
Introduction
Climax
Resolution
Miscellaneous
100
Who is the main character of the story?
Who is Hester Pyrenne
100
What does the letter "A" stand for?
What is Adultery
100
What shocking news does the commander of the ship bring to Hester?
What is Chillingworth is also on the ship?
100
What do the people see on Dimmesdale's chest, when he dies?
What is a scarlet letter
100
Who is the author?
What is Nathaniel Hawthorne
200
Who is the symbol/evidence of Hester and Dimmsdale's sin?
Who is Pearl
200
What is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept?
What is A rose bush
200
What is the climax of the story?
What is when Dimmsdale confesses that he had an affair with Hester and Pearl is his daughter
200
What does the letter "A" stand for, later on in the story?
What is Able
200
What is ignominy?
What is a shameful quality or offensive behavior?
300
Who else besides Chillingsworth, is believed to have suspected Dimmsdale's affair with Hester?
Who is Mistress Hibbins
300
Where do Pearl and Hester live?
What is an abandoned cottage on the outskirts of Boston
300
What did Hester and Dimmesdale plan to do when they found out Chillingworth's true identity?
What is they planned to flee to Europe with Pearl
300
What does Pearl do when Dimmesdal is dying?
What is she gives him a kiss
300
What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale’s “sin” and Governor Winthrop’s “virtue”?
What is a meteor
400
Who does Hester go to convince to let her keep Pearl?
Who is Governor Bellingham
400
Who represents a leech in the story and why?
Who is Roger Chillingsworth and because he is sucking the life out of Dimmesdale by pretending to be a doctor
400
Explain the significance of the letter "A" on Dimmesdale's chest?
What is he was part of the adultery committed with Hester
400
Who did Chillingworth leave all his property to?
Who is Pearl?
400
What is infamy?
What is bad reputation or loss of reputation.
500
With whom has Chillingsworth been living before he appears in Boston?
Who are Native Americans
500
Where did most of the events take place?
What is the scaffold?
500
When did Dimmesdale realize that he can no longer deny his deed and accept the consequences?
What is when he saw the meteor trace a letter "A" in the sky
500
What does the distance between Dimmesdale and Hester's grave mean?
What is they didn't have a right to be together after death?
500
What characteristic of humans does Dimmsdale personify?
What is Human frality and sorrow
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