The Scarlet Letter chapters 1-3

Which of the following is NOT a symbol found in the first chapter?

• cemetery
• wild rosebush
• church
• prison

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What is the definition of "edifice"?

• an old barrel
• a large building
• a walkway
• a hole

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"the black flower of civilized society, a prison" is what literary technique?

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• paradox

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is the author of The Scarlet Letter?

• Emily Dickinison
• Moby Dick
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Edgar Allan Poe

What does the wild rosebush represent?

• the new life of the new Englanders
• the criminal going in and coming out
• the garden of Eden
• the author himself

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An allusion is made to what religious leader - banished because of beliefs?

• Isaac Lot
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Ann Hutchinson

What is the name of the colony in which the story takes place?

• Jamestown
• New England Colony
• Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Plymouth Colony

What event was taking place in the U.S. when the author died?

• WWI
• Spanish-American War
• Korean War
• Civil War

How did Puritans view religion and law?

• almost identical
• opposite extremes
• unimportant
• the law was supreme

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What are physiognomies?

• facts and figures
• physics and science
• faces and features
• space and future

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4