Characters
Chapters 1-12
Chapters 13-24
Setting
Characters/Plot
100
How is Chillingworth FIRST portrayed by the townspeople
As an intelligent and from out of town.
100
In the beginning of the story, what are the people waiting to witness?
What is the punishment of Hester
100
What is the purpose of Election Day?
Inaugurate a new governor
100
In what city does the novel take place in?
What is Boston
100
Who knew that Dimmesdale met Hester in the woods?
Who is Mistress Hibbins
200
Who makes arrangements to secure passage on a ship and flee by sea?
Who is Hester Prynne
200
What is the most outstanding feature of Hester's appearance when she leaves the prison (hint she is wearing it)
What is an elaborately embroidered scarlet letter.
200
What happens to Dimmesdale after he admits his guilt on the scaffold?
He dies.
200
Where do Pearl and Hester live
in a small isolated cottage
200
Who is rumored to have married later and be living in another land?
Who is Pearl
300
Who tries to stop Dimmesdale from ascending the scaffold?
Who is Roger Chillingworth
300
Why did Chillingworth not accompany Hester to Boston?
He was captured near Bristol.
300
When does Dimmesdale promise to stand with Pearl and Hester?
What is Judgement Day.
300
Why does Chillingworth visits Hester's jail cell
What is she needs help with Pearl
300
Who kisses the Reverend Dimmesdale as he dies?
Who is Pearl
400
Who publicly urges Hester, while she is on the scaffold, to tell the name of her lover.
Who is the stranger
400
Hester promises Chillingworth not reveal his identity because
She wants to protect Dimmesdale.
400
What becomes of Chillingworth after Dimmesdale's Death?
He withers and dies.
400
Why does Chillingworth not accompany Hester to Boston
He was captured near Bristol
400
Who walks with an ominous cloud around him?
Who is Roger Chillingworth
500
Why do Chillingworth and Dimmesdale suffer more than Hester in the novel?
They do not reveal their sins.
500
The midnight Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold, he sees Chillingworth in the street. What emotion is he overcome with?
What is terror
500
To what is Dimmesdale's mysterious disease related?
What is guilt.
500
Where do 3 major scenes take place in the novel?
What is the scaffold
500
Who asks for gloves to be sewn for him?
Who is Governor Bellingham