Plot
What does Hester think of while she is standing on the scaffold?
Her childhood
In the first scaffold scene, what does Dimmesdale try Hester to convince Hester to do?
tell who the father of the child is
Who is Mistress Hibbins?
the Governor's sister
What is a sepulcher?
a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried
What word means with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval?
askance
How long has Chillingworth been away from Hester?
2 years
What is the setting of the novel?
Boston 1690
Why does Hester go to the governor's mansion?
to take a pair of gloves and to talk about them taking Pearl away
What does visage mean?
a person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features
What word means things that are unconventional and slightly strange?
eccentricities
What is this quote about? "It may serve, let us hope, to symbolize some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow"
the rosebush
Hawthorne suggests in Chapter One that in every community there are two portions of soil automatically allotted to what?
a cemetery and a prison
What occupation does Chillingworth set himself up as in the town?
doctor
What is countenance?
a person's face or facial expression
What word means make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause?
palliate
At the Election Day sermon, what did Dimmesdale confess?
The he was the father of Pearl
What does Chillingworth want Hester to keep a secret?
his identity
her husband
What does tremulous mean?
shaking or quivering slightly
What word means tending to induce sleep; soporific ?
somniferous
How was Pearl dressed when they went to the Governor's mansion?
in a crimson dress embroidered in gold thread
While on the scaffold the second time, what does Pearl ask Dimmesdale?
if he will stand with them at noon
How does Dimmesdale punish himself?
whips himself
What does heterodox mean?
not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs
What word means a chasuble or other robe worn by the clergy or choristers during services?
vestment