The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1 - 20

Where do Hester and Pearl live?

• On the outskirts of town, in a cottage.
• In Boston, in a small house.
• With Mistress Hibbins, because Hester sews so often for her.
• On the street, because Hester cannot support herself.

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What is called the "black flower of civilized society": 

• The Devil
• Sin
• A Prison
• A Cemetary

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What year is the novel set? 

• 1850
• 1622
• 1642
• 1786

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The year in which Hawthorne published the novel: 

• 1642
• 1764
• 1850
• 1999

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Dimmesdale pleading with Hester from a "high place" to give up the father's identity is an example of

• hyperbole

• parody

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

Meaning of the word ignominy: 

• Shy and timid
• Sin
• Old and worn down
• Public shame or disgrace

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The townspeople began to believe that the scarlet letter stood for ...

• Angel

• Adultery

• Active

• Able

When Chillingworth tells Hester the townspeople are discussing allowing Hester to take off her scarlet letter, she says:

• No, I must continue to be an example against sin

• No, if I didn't deserve this letter, it would fall off

• Yes, I will finally remove the letter and be forgiven of my sin

• Yes, because the letter has faded both in appearance and in meaning after all these years

In the forest, Pearl plays a game trying to catch..

• a butterfly
• a fish in the brook
• the sunlight
• the wind

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In chapter 17, Hester and Dimmesdale for the first time call each other..

• by each other's first names
• lovers
• mother and father
• husband and wife

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