"Good Master Dimmesdale. The responsibility of this woman's soul lies greatly with you. It behooves you, therefore, to exhort her to repentence, and to confession, as a proof and consequence thereof."
Who is Reverend Wilson
100
Define Romanticism.
What is an attitude toward nature, humanity, and society that focused on freedom and individuality. Must have focus on freedom and individuality.
100
In what year was The Scarlet Letter published?
What is 1850
100
The scarlet letter changes in meaning from "Adultery" to what?
What is Able
100
Hester's needlework is used on everything except what?
What is bridal veils.
200
"Between thee and me, the scale hangs fairly balanced. But, Hester, the man lives who has wronged us both! Who is he?" (69)
Who is Roger Chillingworth.
200
TRUE/FALSE: Romanticism follows the belief that men are inherently sinners at birth.
What is false.
200
In what year and town is the Scarlet letter set?
What is Boston in the 1630s.
200
When does Dimmesdale promise to meet Pearl on the scaffold?
When is Judgement Day.
200
What kind of irony is used when the occupation of Chillingworth is revealed by the narrator?
What is dramatic irony.
300
"I thank you from my heart, most watchful friend. I thank you, and can but requite your good deeds with my prayers" (196).
Who is Dimmesdale.
VERBAL IRONY
300
Name one characteristic of Romanticism and give an example from the novel.
What is 1. Exotic and picturesque view of the past. 2. National character and heroes. 3. gothic and supernatural. 4. idealism(man=inherently good). 5. Nature as wild and unruly. 6. individualism (focus on self) 7. Imagination
300
TRUE/FALSE: The Scarlet Letter was a huge success in the United States, but did not do well in other countries.
What is false. The SL was a huge success in both US and UK.
300
Hester first recognizes Chillingworth due to what physical feature?
What is his deformed shoulder.
300
Name two of the four symbols introduced in the first chapter and explain their significance.
What are the rosebush, the prison, the cemetery, iron-studded oak door
400
"What a strange, sad man he is! In the dark night-time, he calls us to him, and holds they hand and mine, as when we stood with him on the scaffold yonder!" (199).
Who is Pearl.
400
What years make up Romanticism?
What is 1828-1865.
400
Describe Nathaniel Hawthorne's notable ancestor
Who is Judge Hathorne (great great grandfather to Nathaniel Hawthorne and judge in the Salem Witch Trials. Nathaniel Hawthorne was ashamed of this past and changed his name to distance himself from his ancestor.
400
Who confronts Dimmesdale about his meeting in the forest?
Who is Mistress Hibbins.
400
Who urges/demands that Dimmesdale force Hester to give up the name of her accomplice?
Who is Reverend Wilson.
500
"Dost thou think I have been to the forest so many times, and have yet no skill to judge who else has been there?" (210)
Who is Mistress Hibbins.
500
Name two Transcendentalist writers and explain what transcendentalism is?
Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman. Transcendentalism respects the ideas of nature and self-reliance
500
On what date and in what city was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
What is July 4, 1804 in Salem, MA
500
When/how does Pearl make a direct reference to the symbol of the rosebush?
What is after Reverend Wilson asks Pearl who her parents are, Pearl responds that she has been "plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses, that grew by the prison-door" (99).
500
Name two of the three reasons Hester uses when begging to be able to keep custody of Pearl
What is God gave her the child, Pearl punishes her, and she can teach Pearl the lessons she has learned herself.