Rappaccini's Daughter
Dr. Heidegger
The Birthmark
Hawthorne Life
Quotes
100
What color was the flower?
Purple
100
How many participants were there?
Four
100
What is the husband's occupation?
Scientist
100
Why did Hawthorne change the spelling of his last name?
His ancestor was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials
100
"'Are we grown old again, so soon?' cried they dolefully."
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
200
What was the name of the main character?
Giovanni
200
What was the elixir's purpose?
To regain one's youth
200
Where is the wife's birthmark located?
Her cheek
200
What state was Hawthorne born in?
Massachusetts
200
"'...But see! here is a powerful cosmetic . With a few drops of this in a vase of water, freckles may be washed away as easily as the hands are cleansed. A stronger infusion would take the blood out of the cheek, and leave the rosiest beauty a pale ghost.'"
The Birthmark
300
Moisture from a flower falls on and kills what creature?
A lizard
300
After the experiment ended, where did the participants go?
To find the Fountain of Youth
300
What is the shape of the birthmark?
A hand
300
What president was Hawthorne classmates with in college?
Franklin Pierce
300
"'Fear not , dearest!... Do not shrink from me! Believe me... I even rejoice in this single imperfection, since it will be such a rapture to remove it .'"
The Birthmark
400
According to Hawthorne, who wrote the story?
Aubépine
400
What was in the closet?
A skeleton
400
What are the husband and wife's names?
Aylmer and Georgiana
400
Hawthorne lived in the same house with which two other famous writers?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
400
"There was a healthful suffusion on their cheeks, instead of the ashen hue that had made them look so corpselike."
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
500
Dr. Baglioni is a professor at what university?
The University of Padua
500
How did the flower change throughout the story?
dead --> alive --> dead
500
What was the name of the assistant?
Aminadab
500
Why was the Scarlet Letter an instant bestseller?
Its introduction - "customs house"
500
"...whether it were really of so deep and positive a nature as to justify him in now thrusting himself into an incalculable position; whether it were not merely star the fantasy of a young man 's brain, only slightly or not at all connected with his heart."
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