The Scarlet Letter
"Biography"
The Scarlet Letter Specifics
The Scarlet Letter Beginning
The Scarlet Letter Middle
DGP
100
Who is the author of The Scarlet Letter?
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne
100
Who were the 4 main characters and what was their role in the story?
Who is Hester (adulteress), Rev. Dimmesdale (Pearl's father), Pearl (Hester's child), Roger Chillingworth (Hester's husband)
100
Describe the setting of the market place.
What is the awaiting of Hester's appearance outside of the prison door.
100
Why was Roger Chillingworth called to the prison? What took place after he was called?
What is Pearl's sickness. Roger was a doctor and they asked him to provide medicine, but Hester was nervous because she did not want him to harm Pearl.
100
Punctuate this sentence correctly. Soccer basketball baseball golf and tennis are just some of the sports offered to students at FHS.
What is Soccer, basketball, baseball, golf, and tennis are just some of the sports offered to students at FHS.
200
Where and when did the story take place?
What is 17th Century Boston
200
What does the rose bush symbolize?
What is a ray of hope
200
What can you see about Hester's character and personal appearance when she steps out of the prison door?
What is dignity and determination. What is a beautiful, young woman.
200
What promise did Hester make to Chillingworth?
What is keeping an identity a secret.
200
Punctuate this sentence correctly. Our team scored 72 points in the game however they lost a heart-breaker by one in the final second of the game.
What is Our team scored 72 points in the game; however, they lost a heart-breaker by one in the final second of the game.
300
What did the Puritans believe about the crime?
What is equal punishment. All crimes had the same punishment (just like all sins have the same consequence).
300
What does the prison door and the scaffold symbolize?
What is harsh punishment from the Puritans (prison door) and final punishment of a person in prison (scaffold)
300
What did Hester do to occupy her mind while standing on the scaffold?
What is remembering when she was a little girl in England with her father and mother.
300
How does Hester dress her child? How does Pearl behave? How does Pearl get along with the other Puritan children?
What is fashionable. What is wild. What is rock throwing.
300
Rewrite each of these sentences so that a dependent clause begins the sentence: Santa Claus will come see me this year because I have been an awesome student and have made good decisions.
What is Because I have been an awesome student and have made good decisions, Santa Claus will come see me this year.
400
What was Hawthorne's opinion of Hester and her punishment?
What is unjust punishment.
400
What does "the letter 'A'" and the grass plot symbolize?
What is adultery ("A") and gloom (grass plot)
400
What did you learn about Arthur Dimmesdale's character when he petitioned Hester to tell who the father of Pearl was but she refused? What does this show about him?
What is a coward and a hypocrite. He did not want to lose his image as the holy minister.
400
How does Hester feel as if she can teach her child to behave well? How does Pearl respond to Mr. Wilson's questions? How does Dimmesdale save Hester's soul?
What is the scarlet letter. What is the plucking of a rose bush. What is the keeping of her daughter.
400
Parallel Structure To protect her delicate hands, Fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ______________ a. refuses to scrub the bathtub b. won't scrub the bathtub c. scrub the bathtub
What is C.scrub the bathtub
500
What part does "The Custom House" play in the novel?
What is the narrator's beginning. The narrator went through records and documents and found one about Hester Prynne and the scarlet letter. He eventually quit his job to re-write the story "The Scarlet Letter".
500
What is rhetoric? Describe this classroom using rhetorical devices.
What is ethos, pathos, logos, and any figurative language device Varies
500
Describe "the recognition". Who recognized who? What did Hester think? What did Roger think?
What is the meeting of eyes of Chillingworth and Hester. Hester recognized him from his shoulder deformity. She thought he was dead. Roger started asking people around him about the woman on the scaffold. He wondered why her partner was not up there.
500
What are 2 similarities of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale? What are 2 differences of Chillingworth and Dimmesdale?
Varies
500
Parallel Structure Carlos not only missed his one-year anniversary with Adrianna ________________ a. but he also forgot his mother's birthday b. but also forgot his mother's birthday c. but also forgetting his mother's birthday
What is B. but also forgot his mother's birthday