Hester Prynne
What does Hester have to wear as a punishment for her sins?
A letter A
What does Dimmesdale drop at night on the scaffold? Reverend Wilson finds it and brings it to him.
A glove
What question does Pearl always ask her mother?
What does the letter A mean? Why does the minister hold his hand over his heart?
What does Chillingworth do at the end of the play to ruin Dimmesdale and Hester's plan to run away together?
He plans to board the ship and go with them
Who is the author of the play/novel? Starts with an H.
Hawthorne
Who is Hester's estranged husband?
Chillingworth
Where do Dimmesdale and Hester plan to go to start their new life at the end of the play?
Europe
When Pearl's mother takes her letter A off in the woods with Dimmesdale, how does Pearl react.
She hates it and wants her to put it back on
Chillingworth disguises himself as a _____________
Doctor
Where is the setting.
Boston
In the woods, who does Hester meet with to discuss her future? This is who she wants to run away with and live forever with.
Dimmesdale
How does Dimmesdale die, and what does he reveal as he is dying?
He dies on the scaffold, giving a speech, and he reveals to Pearl that he is her father to Pearl.
Name at least one thing that happens to Pearl after Roger Chillingworth dies.
She inherits wealth and property.
She marries a wealthy man.
Both Hester and Pearl leave Massachusetts
She has children of her own
Does Chillingworth die at the end of the play?
Yes
Mistress Hibbins is the sister of _____________.
The governor Bellingham
The governor wants to take who from Hester?
Pearl
What do Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl see in the night sky on the scaffold?
A meteor and the letter A appear in the sky.
True or False
Pearl grew up an outcast in Puritan society. She was fascinated by her mother's letter A as a young baby. She acts defiantly, strangely, and elf-like. People shun her just because Pearl is her mother.
True
What does Hester tell Chillingworth she is tired of hiding?
His identity to Dimmesdale
Describe Hester's burial site.
She is buried next to Dimmesdale, and they share a single letter A over their grave.
Later in the play, the A no longer stands for adultery. What does Hester's A now represent? Two words that start with A?
Able and Angel
Name 3 ways Dimmesdale punishes himself in private?
Whips himself
Starves himself
Carves a letter into his own chest
What does Pearl want her father to do during the day?
Hold her hand, acknowledge her
What is Chillingworth's first name
Roger
Who lives in the woods and practices black magic?
Mistress Hibbins