Says: "Were I worthy to be quit of it, it would fall off of its own nature..."
Who is Hester Prynne?
100
Able.
What is the meaning of the letter "A" later in the story?
100
Where Hester met Dimmesdale to reveal Chillingworth's identity.
What is the forest?
100
To endow with life.
What is vivify?
200
Who Hester approaches to convince to let her keep Pearl.
Who is Governor Bellingham?
200
Says: "... the sunshine does not love you! It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom..."
Who is Pearl?
200
Flee to Europe.
What Hester and Dimmesdale plan to do when Chillingworth's true identity is revealed?
200
"The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World."
What is the prison door?
200
Open to cooperation.
What is amenable?
300
Ordains Hester a "Sister of Mercy."
Who is Hester Prynne?
300
Says: "Of penance I have had enough! Of penitence I have had none!"
Who is Reverend Dimmesdale?
300
Gives him a kiss.
What Pearl does when Dimmesdal is dying?
300
Hester and Chillingworth live here before coming to America.
What is Amsterdam?
300
Exhibiting restraint against extravagance.
What is sumptuary?
400
Who, besides Chillingsworth, might have suspected Dimmsdale's affair with Hester.
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
400
Says: "Thereby, every good Christian man hath a title to show a father's kindness towards the poor, deserted babe."
Who is Reverend John Wilson?
400
The shocking news the ship commander brings to Hester.
What is Chillingworth's decision to travel with the ship?
400
"It stood nearly beneath the eaves of Boston's earliest church, and appeared to be a fixture there."
What is the Scaffold?
400
Emolument
What is compensation or salary?
500
With whom has Chillingworth been living before he appears in Boston.
Who are Native Americans?
500
"It was as if a window were thrown open, admitting a freer atmosphere into the close and stifled study... But the air was too fresh and chill to be long breathed, with comfort."
What is a simile for Reverend Dimmesdale's liberal thoughts?
500
When Dimmesdale realizes he can no longer deny his deed and must accept the consequences?
What is when he sees the meteor trace a letter "A" in the sky?