The Scarlet Letter Chapter 6

How does Pearl react to the abuse from other Puritan children?

• she calmly scolds them

• she ignores their taunts

• she screams & throws stones at them

• she tries to make friends with them

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Why did Hester name her daughter Pearl?

• Pearl signifies white, and white means purity. Hester wants her to be sinless

• She is a rare and beautiful treasure, just like a pearl

• She was purchased at a great price and was her mother's only treasure

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What does Pearl symbolize?

• She is the living scarlet "A"

• All that is beautiful, wild & untamed

• God's mercy and grace

Throughout the chapter, Hawthorne vividly associates Pearl's character with...

• sin & darkness

• puritanism

• judgement

• nature & light

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What do the pine trees & weeds represent in Pearl's pretend world?

• Satan and evil

• the beauty of nature

• Puritan elders and their children

• her mother and father

What is the object of which Pearl seems to be fixated?

• wildflowers

• the scarlet "A"

• beautiful clothing

• sunshine

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All of the following are true of Pearl EXCEPT...

• she was a smart & intuitive child

• she was stunningly beautiful

• she was compliant

• she was temperamental

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How does Pearl react when Hester tells her that she was sent by her "Heavenly Father?"

• she accepts this answer with happiness and kisses her mother

• she becomes angry and demands to know the name of her real father

• she blatantly states, "I have no Heavenly Father."

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Given the descriptions of Pearl in this chapter, one can clearly see that she...

• stands in defiance of rigid Puritan ideals

• is her mother's punishment for her sin

• is an evil child who creates turmoil in Hester's life

• is curious about God and what a "Heavenly Father" means

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Pearl is a sympathetic character because she...

• obviously has deep emotional issues resulting from her circumstances

• is punished by the Puritan community for things that are beyond her control

• plays alone in the woods and talks to imaginary friends

• lives in poverty and isolation