Setting
Symbolism
Symbolism and Plot
Plot and Characters
Characters
100

The story takes place in this city . . .

What is Boston?

100

Hester delivers this to the governor shortly after she got out of prison

What is a glove?

100

Red rose setting 

What is outside of the prison?

100

Another name for doctor in Puritan society

What is a leech?

100

Character who is associated with revenge

Who is Roger Chillingsworth?

200

The exact place where Dimmesdale dies

What is the scaffold?

200

In the course of the story, the scarlet letter is interpreted in three different 'A' words which are. . .

What are Adulterer, Angel, and Able

200

The devil in Puritian society

Who is the Black Man?

200

Gesture/action that Pearl always observes Dimmesdale doing?

What is placing his hand over his heart?

200

Chillingsworth’s real reason for not revealing his true identity was that he:

What is he wants to torture Dimmesdale?

300

The church is next to a cemetery and . . .  

What is a prison?

300

The forest, as opposed to the community, represented _______________ to Hester and Arthur

What is freedom?

300

Chillingsworth gets access to visit Hester in prison because Pearl has what illness? 

What is a seizure?

300

Dimmesdale and other ministers speaks to Hester during the first scaffold scene to convince her to:

What is to identify Pearl's father?

300

Hester’s most memorable quality is her:

What is strength?

400

The name that was given to the colonies like Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc.

What are the New England Colonies?

400

Hester is compared to this patriarch after she became more accepted by society

Who is Anne Hutchinson? 

400

The witch is related to this character

Who is Governor Bellingham?

400

The special day that Dimmesdale confessed his sins to the towns people

What is Election Day?

400

Century when the Scarlet Letter was set


What is the 17th Century?

500

Prynne

What is Hester's last name?

500

Author of The Scarlet Letter

Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?

500

The uneducated and poorer settlers who came to the Americas

Who are the Pilgrims?

500

How Hester usually answer Pearl’s questions about the A

What is she ignores the question and changes the subject?

500

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!" Who is the black flower in this quote?

Who is Chillingworth?

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