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Vocabulary
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4
Characters
Potpourri
100
edifice

What is a large, imposing building

100
the setting of The Scarlet Letter
What is Boston, Massachusetts
100

the title of chapter IV

The Interview

100
Commits the sin of adultery
Who is Hester
100
The number of scaffold scenes in The Scarlet Letter
What is three
200
physiognomy

What is determining a person's character based on their appearance

200
Hester's sin
What is adultery
200
The promise Chillingworth asks Hester to make
What is to conceal his identity
200
Hester's daughter
Who is Pearl
200
The symbolism of the rosebush outside of the prison
What is hope; morality; happiness
300
inauspicious

What is not favorable; unlucky

300
Hester's punishment
What is answers may vary...... stand on the scaffold/ public humiliation wear a scarlet letter on her bosom
300

The reason Chillingworth is at the jail

What is a place to stay while a deal for his release is brokered

300
Hester's husband
Who is Roger Chillingworth
300

One of the three main themes of The Scarlet Letter

Sin, Shame, Redemption

400

ignominy

What is sin

400
The person that Hester sees in the crowd that motions her to be quiet
What is her husband
400

The true name of Roger Chillingworth

Mr. Prynne

400
The young, local minister; Hester's minister
Who is Arthur Dimmesdale
400

The century The Scarlet Letter was written in.

What is the nineteenth century.

500

rankle

What is to cause anger or resentment

500
The vow that "the stranger" in the crowd makes
What is to reveal the father of Hester's child
500

The two reverends on the scaffold

Who are Wilson and Dimmesdale

500
The author of The Scarlet Letter
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne
500
This person is believed to be the town witch
Who is Mistress Hibbins