"Sour Grapes." He describes it in a dismal manner.
100
Excluding the Introduction, Preface, The Custom House, Ednicott and the Red Cross, Afterword, and the Selected Bibliography, how many chapters make up "The Scarlet Letter?"
24
200
Who were the workers or officials of the Custom House?
Aged men . . . gouty and rheumatic (bedridden)
200
What are customs?
"Customs” are the taxes paid on foreign imports into a country.
200
What two (literary) device are used in this sentence?
"Gradually, they have sunk almost out of sight; as old houses, here and there about the streets, get covered half-way to the eaves by the accumulation of new soil."
a. Imagery
b. Alliteration
200
What did Hawthorne's father do for a living?
Sea Captain
200
Give the title of chapter 4.
The Interview.
300
What one thing made the "inspector" truly happy?
Eating and talking about the meals he had eaten.
300
Describe the Custom House according to the Narrator.
The Narrator finds the establishment (Custom House) to be a run-down place, situated on a rotting wharf in a half-finished building.
300
Identify the literary device used in this section of the text: "It's long and lazy street, lounging wearisomely through the whole extent of the peninsula."
Personification
300
What is Hawthorne's grandfather (John Hathorne), known for?
One of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials.
300
Where did Hester Prynne live in the mid to late seventeenth century?
Boston
400
Name three characteristics of "The man of business."
1. Prompt
2. Clear-minded
3. Sharp
4. Able to make the incomprehensible as clear as daylight
400
What's the official name of the Custom House in Salem?
The Salem Custom House
400
"The Scarlet Letter"
Sybolism
400
What famous American novelist did Hawthorne enjoy a brief, but intense friendship with? (Hint: This author wrote about a very large mammal)
Herman Melville
400
Puritanism was a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England in the late sixteenth century. What religious belief did they want "purification" from?
Catholicism, The Church at Rome, The Roman Catholic Church
500
What did Jonathan Pue do?
He was an earlier surveyor at the Custom House.
500
What type of appointments to the workers normally hold at the Custom House?
Lifetime appointment.
500
The "A" that Hester is forced to wear as a mark of shame is actually changed or transformed into a badge of pride.
Paradox
500
This reclusive, bedridden person became Hawthorne's wife.