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Setting
Symbolism
Symbolism and Plot
Plot and Characters
Characters
100
The story takes place in:
Boston
100

Beauty and freedom, everything that Puritan society is not.

a rosebush outside the jail

100
Which best describes the symbolic meaning of the name Pearl?
of great price
100

Why doesn't Hester take off the scarlet letter

She says God will remove it when the time is right.

100
Whose most serious sin is that he allows his mind to become overpowered by a desire for revenge
Chillingsworth
200
Dimmesdale dies where?
On the scaffold
200

the meteor

 Angel

200

What three words does the A stand for?

adulteress, angel and able

200

At the Election Day procession, how does Dimmesdale treat Hester and Pearl as he passes them?

He ignores them.

200
Chillingsworth’s real reason for not revealing his true identity was that he:
Would be better able to discover Hester’s partner in sin
300
Hawthorne suggests in Chapter 1 that when each community was settled, two portions of the soil were allotted to:
A Cemetery and A Prison
300

The forest

What is where the devil lives

300
Which character best embodies the freedom and innocence of nature?
Pearl
300

What prevents Dimmesdale from acting on his suspicions of Chillingworth?

He believes his suspicions stem from his own guilty conscience.

300
Hester’s most memorable quality is her:
Strength
400

Where Chillingworth goes to enact his revenge on Dimmesdale.

His house

400

sunlight

the approval of God and nature

400
How long has Hester’s husband been away from her ?
2 years
400

Where are Dimmesdale and Hester finally together? 

In the grave.

400

 Dimmesdale suggests that men have a valid reason to bury secrets in their hearts and not confess. He says only who can judge sin?

Only God can judge sin

500

Before the novel actually begins, from where is the narrator speaking to the readers?

The Custom House

500

weeds

hidden secrets

500
How does the town view Dimmesdale as he grows physically weaker?
With even greater respect
500

When Hester comes back from England, what is her job/how does she pass her time?

She counsels women.

500

Says that Pearl's father is the Devil

Who is Mistress Hibbins