scarlet letter chapters 1-24

As Dimmesdale makes his decision to end Chillingworth's revenge, which 2 of the following are true?

• No one else in the town is present.

• Dimmesdale is on the scaffold.

• Dimmesdale does not speak to Pearl.

• Hester and Pearl are with Dimmesdale.

What does Pearl ask the Reverend Dimmesdale to do with her the next day at noon?

• come over to the houses for lunch

• take her to the park

• stand on the scaffold and hold hands

• go on a walk with her

Who does Dimmesdale end up meeting on his midnight walk?

• The Governor

• His best friend

• Hester Prynne

• the Devil

By punishing Hester with the scarlet letter, the Puritan community is

• Being reasonable about their justice

• Following the principles of religious forgiveness

• Proclaiming its own smug self-righteousness

• Promising redemption at her death

This is used as a symbol for being free/apart from society's expectations.

• The scarlet letter

• The scaffold

• The forest

What is the real reason why Hester goes to the Governor's mansion in chapter 7?

• To beg him for an allowance

• To deliver embroidered gloves

• To ask to be accepted back into society

• To prove that she is a fit mother

After she is released from prison, Hester goes to live where?

• In another city in the colony of Massachusetts

• Within the city of Boston

• On the outskirts of Boston

• With Roger Chillingworth

What is physically wrong with Reverend Dimmesdale?

• nothing

• he has pneumonia

• he has a bleeding sore

• he has a heart condition

What is not true about Chillingsworth?

• He is the father of Pearl

• He is physically deformed

• He is Hester's husband

• He comes to Massachusetts looking for revenge

Where does Hester have to go at the start of the novel as a part of her punishment?

• The scaffold

• The Governor's mansion

• A neighboring town

• The river to be cleansed of her sins