Scarlet Letter: Reading Check 1-12

The setting of the Scarlet Letter is

• Boston in the 1550s

• Boston in the 1640s

• Salem in the 1700s

• Salem in the 1850s

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In the first chapter, the symbol of hope is

• the rosebush

• the open prison door

• the bright sunlight

• the procession of dignitaries

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

As Hester stands shamed on the scaffold, it is ironic that she

• does not look like the kind of woman any man could love

• would remind a Roman Catholic of the Virgin Mary

• has no husband

• really is not guilty because she believes her husband is dead

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

When Reverend Dimmesdale exhorts Hester to tell who the father of her child is, the narrator says that Dimmesdale's most impressive feature is

• his voice

• his youth

• his handsome face

• his hunched shoulders

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Hawthorne describes the scarlet letter on Hester's bosom as

• a drab, faded piece of homespun fabric

• an indication of Hester's feelings of humility

• an impressive display of her needlework

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Chillingworth tells Hester that he was wrong to marry her because

• she was young and he was old

• he was a solitary man given to scholarly pursuits

• he had married her against her will

• all of the above are true

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Regarding the father of Hester's child, Chillingworth intends to

• make him stand before the church elders to face punishment

• make him pay for the upbringing of Pearl

• forgive him when he admits that he is the father

• make him suffer mental anguish

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Upon Chillingworth's demand, Hester promises that

• she will let him be the physician for her and little Pearl

• she will keep his true identity a secret

• she will take care of him in his old age

• she will never remove the scarlet letter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

As Hester walks through the town wearing her scarlet letter, she becomes aware of a new sense within that tells her that

• she is the worst of sinners

• others have sinned as she has, but have not been caught

• Mistress Hibbins is a witch

• Pearl is a demon offspring

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Hester names her daughter Pearl because

• the child has cost her everything she has

• she has a complexion as pure and white as a pearl

• she likes expensive jewelry

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9