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The Scarlett Letter
Who is the real father of Pearl?
What does the name Pearl symbolize?
The Scarlett Letter
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What does the name Pearl symbolize?
Love
Punishment
A great price
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Who is the real father of Pearl?
Wilson
Dimmesdale
Mickey Mouse
3
What does the rosebush symbolize?
Her daughter Pearl
Hester Prynne
4
Describe the Puritans in Boston
They are very strict, have very strong religious beliefs.
very happy people
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How is Hester treated by the towns people?
Hester Prynne has no friends
They feel sorry for her and want to help
They treat her horrible.
6
Turning Pale as death is an example of which literary device?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
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What does the name Chillingworth symbolize?
Lil Wayne
Evil
Death, murderer
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comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.
Metaphor
Personification
simile
Allusion
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Who is John Wilson?
Pearls father
Most powerful and oldest minister.
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Who sees Dimmesdale on the scaffold in the middle of the night?
Pearl and Hester
Nobody see him
Rev Wilson
11
What is carved into Dimmesdale's chest?
The Letter A
Hester's face
Mickey Mouse
12
How does Hester support herself and her daughter?
She is a seamstress
Babysitting the town children
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Why does Hester Prynne remain in Boston
She is in hope that the fathers of her child comes back.
she hopes to win the lottery and move back to England
14
Who is Roger Chillingsworth?
Hester's Husband
A town minister
15
“Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day”, is an example of what type of literary device?
Symbol
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
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Where do Hester and Chillingsworth meet to talk about what she has done?
Hospital
Jail Cell/Prison
Cosby HS
17
Who wrote the Scarlet Letter
Anne Bradstreet
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Donald Duck
18
Hawthorne's use of the prison to represent Puritan society is an example of what
Heaven
Symbol
symbolism
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Why does Hester name her child Pearl?
A mothers treasure
She was named after her mother
A pearl is something you treasure
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What group of people are most angry about Hesters punishment?
The minister
The women
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What is symbolic when Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl are on the scaffold?
The hate they have for each other
That they are all together finally.
22
Define the word efficacy.
to feel guilty about your sins
a person's facial features or expressions.
The power to produce a desired result or effect
23
Why does Dimmesdale climb on the scaffold in the middle of the night?
To commit suicide
To tell all the towns people what sin he committed.
24
What does the name Chillingworth mean?
A great writer
Cold and Calculating
A great preacher
25
The Scarlet Letter was written during what American Liteary movement?
The 21st century
The Harlem Renaissance
The Pre-Settlement Period
26
Why does Dimmesdale begin to beat or whip himself?
He is humiliated about the sin that he has committed.
He is suffering from a mental illness.
27
Dimmesdale's great sermons can be linked to what?
He enjoys having the people look up to him.
His own guilt of committing adultery
He wants to become the governor.
28
Define the word diffused.
the act of diverting or turning aside
a range of different things.
spread or cause to spread, to scatter
29
What does Dimmesdale do to Hester Prynne?
He attempts to make Hester confess.
The baby daddy
Persuade her to tell who the babies father is.
30
What is Hester not allowed to sew or make?
Gloves
Wedding dresses
Any items for a bride.
31
How does Hester react while being questioned on the scaffold by the town minister?
She refuses to admit who the father of the baby is.
She confesses who the father of the baby is.
She jumps off the scaffold and runs away from the town.
She begins to drops on her knees and prays.
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Why does Hester's husband change his last name?
He is planning to find the father of the baby and kill him?
He does not want to reveal who he is to the town people.
He wants to take his wife Hester and leave for England.
