Review for Fall Final Exam - The Scarlet Letter

What are the people waiting in front of in the opening scene of the novel?

• prison
• forest
• church
• river

_____ The _________________ in the prison yard is antithetical with the oppressive jail.

• weeds
• iron studded door
• wild rose bush
• scaffold

_____ The Puritans believed that public punishment would help lead sinners to redemption. Which of the following words used by Hawthorne means public shame or humiliation?

• physiognomy
• ignominy         
• embarrassment
• scaffold

The three most crucial scenes in the novel take place ___________________.

• in the Governor’s house
• in the prison
• in the forest                        
• on the scaffold

What was the first object Pearl seems to become aware of?

• flowers
• the sun
• her mother
• the scarlet letter

Pearl has become the personification of what item?

• the scarlet letter
• the rosebush
• the weeds
• the forest

What action should be associated with Dimmesdale?

• bowing his head           
• putting his hand over his heart
• looking to heaven       
• staring at Pearl

All of these explain the importance of the title Leech for chapter 9 EXCEPT:

• Leech could refer to a  physician in the time of the Puritans.
• A leech is parasite that dies along with its host.
• Chillingworth is there to suck the life out of the man who slept with Hester.
• Chillingworth uses leeches in the medicine he’s administering to Dimmesdale.

How does Hester earn a living?

• selling flowers
• helping Chillingworth
• sewing
• taking care of other people's children

With what does Chillingworth become obsessed with discovering?

• a.Conjuring the devil
• b.Dimmesdale's secrets
• c.Getting Hester to confess
• d.Speaking in tongues