The Scarlet Letter (Ch 3,4)

Who does Hester recognize in the crowd that prompts her to firmly pull Pearl closer.

• Governor Bellingham

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• Mistress Hibbins

• Roger Chillingworth

The punishment for committing adultery included possible execution. What kept Hester from being executed?

• Hester was never legally married.

• Hester was never considered married by the church.

• Hester had a daughter that needed her mother.

• Hester had to live alone in Boston for two years without her husband.

Reverend Dimmesdale makes a sincere and passionate plea for Hester to reveal the name of her "partner in sin". This is an example of which literary device?

• Irony

• Hyberbole

• Metaphor

• Imagery

When does Chillingworth promise that he won't take the life of Pearl's father?

• After he finds out that he is Pearl's uncle.

• After he receives a bribe from Governor Bellingham.

• After he makes Hester first promise not to reveal his identity.

• After he learns that Pearl's father is already dead.

"It was whispered that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passageways of the interior." This sentence provides examples of both

• Simile and Metaphor

• Imagery and Personification

• Alliteration and Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism and Paradox