Minor Characters
Name the governor that strictly adheres to the rules of the Puritan society.
Governor Bellingham
Who said the following quote:
"Thou hast escaped me!"
Roger Chillingworth
Where does the narrator find inspiration for the story?
The attic at the custom house
How is Nathaniel Hawthorne connected to the play The Crucible?
His ancestor was Judge Hathorne.
Sister of the governor, said to be a witch
Mistress Hibbens
Who said the following quote:
"Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self."
Dimmesdale
What town is the setting for the story?
Boston, Massachusetts.
Which US president was Hawthorne good friends with?
(Hint: He was actually traveling with this president at the time of his death in 1864.)
Franklin Pierce
Elderly clergymen; respected mentor of Dimmesdale's
Reverend Wilson
Who says the following quote:
"The sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself..."
Pearl
What can be seen on Hester's tombstone?
A red letter A
What author was a good friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne's?
(Hint: He dedicated his own book to Hawthorne)
Herman Melville
Which character spends the most time in the woods which presents the idea that they have the most knowledge of the truth?
Mistress Hibbens
Who is the following quote talking about:
"Shame! Despair! Solitude! These had been [their] teachers."
Hester Prynne
They become more powerful
What was mysterious about the death of Nathaniel Hawthorne?
He aged quickly, hair turned white, handwriting changed, frequent nosebleeds, wrote the number 64 compulsively on scraps of paper, then died in his sleep at the age of 59.
The individual telling the story of Hester Prynne
Unnamed narrator (sometimes assumed to be Nathaniel Hawthorne himself)
"There are none in this land that know me. Breathe not, to any human soul who I am."
Roger Chillingworth
What is said of Hester and Dimmesdale's graves?
They share one tombstone, but they are buried slightly apart as they had "no right to mingle."
What was the first book published under Nathaniel Hawthorne's name?
Twice-Told Tales