Characters
Plot Moments
Short Answer (NO CPS)
Short Answer (NO CPS)
Quote Identification
100
1. A respected member of the community, when he dies, people claim to see an “A”for “Angel” in the sky 1. Hester 2. Arthur Dimmesdale 3. Pearl 4. Chillingworth 5. Mistress Hibbens 6. Governor Bellingham 7. Governor Winthrop
Winthrop
100
6. What does Hester’s letter “A” eventually come to represent to the townspeople? A. “Able” B. “Alone” C. “Attractive” D. “Admirable
What is A. Able.
100
Why do Hester and Pearl go to the forest?
To catch Dimmesdale to talk to him.
100
What does Dimmesdale do to punish himself for his sin?
Keeps vigils, fasts, and whips himself
100
“Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Hester and Chillingworth
200
2. The leader of the town, he tries to take Pearl away from Hester. He is hypocritical and judgmental. 1. Hester 2. Arthur Dimmesdale 3. Pearl 4. Chillingworth 5. Mistress Hibbens 6. Governor Bellingham 7. Governor Winthrop
Bellingham
200
7. What natural phenomenon comes to symbolize both Dimmesdale’s “sin” and Governor Winthrop’s “virtue”? A. A lightning bolt B. A meteor C. A forest fire D. A flood
B. a meteor
200
Mr. Wilson asks Pearl, "Canst thou tell me, my child, who made thee?" What is Pearl's answer?
I was plucked from a rose bush by mother.
200
Who is the author of the novel?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
200
“It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility.”
Dimmesdale
300
3. His appearance darkens over time due to his evil nature. 1. Hester 2. Arthur Dimmesdale 3. Pearl 4. Chillingworth 5. Mistress Hibbens 6. Governor Bellingham 7. Governor Winthrop
Chillingworth
300
8. How does Hester support herself financially? A. As a beggar B. As a seamstress C. As a nurse D. As a farmhand
B. a seamstress
300
Where did Mr. Dimmesdale go at midnight on his midnight walk?
What is to the scaffold
300
Why did the author change his name from Hathorne to Hawthorne
His grandfather was a remorseless judge in the Salem Witch Trial.
300
"The days of the far-off future would toil onward, still with the same burden to take up, and bear along, but never to fling down; for the accumulating days, and added years, would pile up their misery upon the heap of shame.”
Hester
400
4. This character gets compared to flowers, fairies, sunlight, and lots more. 1. Hester 2. Arthur Dimmesdale 3. Pearl 4. Chillingworth 5. Mistress Hibbens 6. Governor Bellingham 7. Governor Winthrop
Pearl
400
9. What convinced the Governor to let Hester keep Pearl? a. Hester would constantly remind Pearl of the consequences of sin, and in doing so, torture herself. b. Hester agreed to allow Chillingworth live with her and Pearl, so they could all be a "real family. c. The mother would live to save the child, and the child would help the mother's soul. d. It was just a whim, as was his customary way of making decisions.
C.
400
Describe Pearl's personality.
Not evil, but full of mischievousness. Other worldly- distant, not very affectionate. Honest, Questioning, and a bit aggressive when bullied.
400
Who is Mistress Hibbens?
Bellingham's sister, involved in witchcraft, later executed by her brother.
400
When he found the eyes of Hester Prynne fastened on his own, and saw that she appeared to recognize him, he slowly and calmly raised his finger, made a gesture with it in the air, and laid it on his lips.
Chillingworth
500
5. This character loses much of the will to live, so much so, they rely on others for strength. 1. Hester 2. Arthur Dimmesdale 3. Pearl 4. Chillingworth 5. Mistress Hibbens 6. Governor Bellingham 7. Governor Winthrop
Dimmesdale
500
10. What does Rev. Dimmesdale's congregation think of him? a. They think he's a untalented minister. b. They think he's practically a saint. c. They think he's a horrible sinner. d. They think he's a weak man who succumbed to Chillingworth's torture.
B.
500
In what city does the story take place?
Boston
500
What is situated right outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept?
A rose bush
500
After putting her finger in her mouth, with many ungracious refusals to answer good Mr. Wilson’s questions, it was finally that she had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses that grew by the prison-door.
Pearl
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