The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-4
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 5-8
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 7-12
Puritan Lit.
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-15
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What is the setting of The Scarlet Letter?

Boston

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HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE According to the myth, when will the world end?

What is when it is old and worn out.

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In chapter 7, Hester visits the governor for two reasons. Name one of them.
What is 1) she is delivering gloves to him and 2) to ask about rumors that Pearl will be taken away.
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OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION What role did Squanto play in the lives of the colonists?
What is he was their interpreter.
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What is the sad transformation that has come over Hester?

She has lost her vibrancy in her personality and appearance

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What promise does Chillingworth ask Hester to make?

To keep his identity a secret.

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OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION What does the author believe kept a few people in the group safe from sickness?
What is the Lord's intervention.
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Ch. 12- Why does Pearl pull away from Dimmesdale while they are standing on the scaffold?
What is because Dimmesdale refuses to stand there with her at noon
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UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE What is the tone of the poem?
What is grateful.
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What is the black flower's meaning in Chapter 14?

Retributive punishment and Chillingworth's evil
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When Hester is standing on the scaffold, what religious figure does Hawthorne compare her to?

He compares her to Divine Maternity.

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THE SCARLET LETTER Who is the "leech"?
Who is Chillingworth.
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Ch. 12- How is the symbolism of the letter "A" continued at the end of the chapter?
What is it now stands for Angel
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SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD According to the author, what is the only way that people can escape from God's anger?
What is they must experience a change of heart and accept God.
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What does the color Green represent on Pearl's A?

The blessing that she is. 
400

Finish the quote.

Hester: My child must seek a ______ _______ ; she shall never know an earthly one. 

My child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!

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UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE Why does Bradford criticize herself in this poem?
What is because she valued material possessions too much.
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Ch. 8- Describe how Chillingworth has changed over the last few years
What is he has gotten darker and uglier.
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UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE What is the main idea of the poem?
What is her truly important home awaits in heaven.
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In Chapter 15, how does Pearl amuse herself?

She creates a dress made of seaweed, tortures, sea creatures, and throws stones at the other wild life. 

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Chillingworth says he understands why his marriage with Hester wasn't going to work out. What TWO reasons does he give?

He describes himself as "a man of thought...having already given my best years to feed the hungry dream of knowledge" meaning he is much older than her (Hawthorne 77). He also says he has a "physical deformity" which makes him unattractive to her (77). 

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THE SCARLET LETTER What three words symbolize the scarlet letter?
What is adultery, angel, able.
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Ch. 12- How does Dimmesdale behave the day after he stands on the scaffold?
What is he preaches his most powerful sermon
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SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD What is the purpose of Edwards delivering this sermon?
What is jolt his congregation into mending their ways and seeking salvation.
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For what reason does Hester consider telling Pearl why she wears the Scarlet Letter?

She believes that Pearl is the only one she can confide in and that she can trust fully. 

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