Basic Plot
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Said Who?
Tangential Trivia
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The man who Hester exposes to Dimmesdale

Who is Roger Chillingworth?

200

The time at which Hester and Dimmesdale meet

What is noon?

200

The character who says, "[He] whom they call Roger Chillingworth!—he was my husband!"

Who is Hester Prynne?

200

The real-life punishment for adultery if not execution/incarceration

What is the scarlet letter?
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He is the writer of the foreword for this publication

Who is Tom Perrotta?

400

The place where Hester and Dimmesdale meet

What is a forest?

400

The amount of time that has passed since the beginning of the story

What is seven years?

400

The character who says, "I have long shrunk from children, because they often show a distrust,—a backwardness to be familiar with me."

Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?

400

Alcohol is not forbidden by Puritans, but this closely-related state of being is

What is drunkenness?

400

The page on which chapter 18 starts

What is page 186?

600

The thing that Hester throws away along with the scarlet letter

What is a formal cap?

600

One of the countries Hester mentions running away to

What is Germany, France, or Italy?

600

The character who says, "The old man's revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart."

Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?

600

The worst sin of the seven deadly sins

What is pride?

600

The year of the notes copyright

When is 1970?

800

The thing that Hester must have from Dimmesdale

What is forgiveness?

800

The thing on which Hester and Dimmesdale sit

What is a heap of moss?

800

The character who says, "Let us not look back [...] The past is gone! Wherefore should we linger upon it now?"

Who is Hester Prynne?

800

The school which Puritans founded in 1636

What is Harvard?

800
The last word of the "Custom-House"

What is "pump?"