Misc. Questions
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More Misc. Questions
100
Chillingworth seeks this against Dimmesdale.
What is revenge.
100
The reason Chillingworth is called a leech in the chapters with Dimmesdale.
What is he sucks the life out of Dimmesdale.
100
Hester removes the scarlet letter when she's alone.
What is false.
100
Hawthorne calls this person the "leech"? a. Hester b. Dimmesdale c. Pearl D. Chillingworth
What is D. Chillingworth.
100
What Hester wears as punishment for her sins/transgressions.
What is the Letter A.
200
Hester's way of supporting herself.
What is needlework and embroidery.
200
In chapter three, we're introduced to a stranger. He makes this motion/gesture to Hester while she is on the scaffold.
What is puts a finger to his lips.
200
Pearl is a year old before she is seen by the townspeople.
What is false.
200
This is the color of the embroidery that Hester embellished the scarlet letter with? a. Scarlet b. Gold c. Black d. Blue
What is b. Gold.
200
A woman who works for the Devil.
What is a witch.
300
The author of The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne.
300
The two reasons why Hester doesn't move away from Boston.
What is this is the place her sin took place. This is also where her lover lives.
300
In the novel, the Black Man is a nickname given to Chillingworth.
What is false.
300
The Scarlet Letter takes place in this city. a. Boston, Massachusetts b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania c. Salem, Massachusets d. Salem, Oregon
What is a. Boston, Massachusetts.
300
Hawthorne's reasoning for including Mistress Hibbins as a minor character in the novel.
What is hypocrisy/everyone sins.
400
This could be found outside the prison.
What is a rosebush.
400
The significance of Pearl's name.
What is Hester's treasure.
400
Mistress Hibbins spends nights in the forest.
What is true.
400
The profession that Chillingworth pretends to hold. a. Doctor b. Lawyer c. Madman d. Minister
What is a. Doctor.
400
The way in which Dimmesdale's sin is worse than Hester's.
What is it is a hidden sin/hypocritical.
500
Pearl does this to Dimmesdale's kiss in the brook.
What is washes.
500
The significance of the rosebush outside the prison.
What is beauty in a dark world. (Just like Hester, hope amongst sin).
500
The narrator is considered omniscient.
What is true.
500
The literary device used in this passage: " It was like a mask; or rather, like the frozen calmness of a dead woman's features" (171). a. simile b. symbolism c. alliteration d. metaphor
What is a. simile.
500
Hawthorne suggests this about Chillingworth by describing his appearance as aged and deformed.
What is that he is evil, the devil, a villain.