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Hawthorne
1st Scaffold Scene
2nd Scaffold Scene
3rd Scaffold Scene
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V. to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey 

Alienate

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The author of the Scarlet Letter 
Nathanial Hawthorne 
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Who is the Protagonist of the story? 

Hester Prynne 

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This person stood on the scaffold in the middle of the night and shouted in an attempt to wake everyone up. 

Rev. Dimmesdale

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These four people are going to go on a boat and leave the town forever. Who are they? 

Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl 

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(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Inclement 

200

What is the setting of the Scarlet Letter? 

Boston, 1600's

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What is Hester's punishment? 

Stand on the scaffold for three hours and wear the A for the rest of her life. 

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Who are the two people that wake up to the shriek in the middle of the night by the person on the scaffold? 

Gov. Bellingham and his sister (Misstress Hibbins) 

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Dimmesdale is giving an election day sermon. How is his demeanor walking into the church to give the sermon? 

He is happy

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(n.) a building, especially a large, imposing one. 

Edifice

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Nathanial Hawthorne worked here. 

Custom House 

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True or False: The townswomen are pleased with the Punishment Hester has been given. 

False

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These two people joined Dimmesdale on the scaffold. 

Hester and Pearl 

300

Dimmesdale goes up to the scaffold to confess his sins. Who comes with him? 

Hester, Pearl, and Chillingworth 

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The minister's ____ was always downtrodden due to his overwhelming guilt. 

A) Visage

B) Malevolence

Visage

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Who was Hawthorne a Decendent of? 

Puritans involved in the Salem Witch Trials 

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This can be perceived as a symbol for guilt and sin. 

The Scarlet Letter 

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A meteor shot across the sky while the three people on the scaffold. What is the meteor in the shape of?  

A

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Dimmesdale dies in ch. 23, but before he does eh rips off his shirt. What do people say is on his chest? 
A black letter A 
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After the letter was thrown off her chest, Hester was ____ to talk to Rev. Dimmesdale. 

A) Emminent 

B) Fain 

Fain

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What did Hawthorne do to distance himself from his ancestors? 

Changed the spelling of his last name 

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This can be perceived as a symbol for Puritan law and shame. 

The Scaffold 

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This item was left on the scaffold and brought back to Dimmesdale by one of his parishioners. 

White Glove 

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Chillingworth dies a year after Dimmesdale. Why? 

He had no purpose to live since he couldn't torture Dimmesdale anymore.