The Scarlet Letter, Chapters 4-6

Who is Roger Chillingworth?

• The only benevolent priest towards Hester

• The man Hester committed adultery with, who she is keeping a secret from the world

• The man who moves in with Hester to help her raise Pearl, raising her with his knowledge from living with the natives

• Hester's husband

Why does Hester resist the medicine given to her and her baby by the physician?

• She fears that he is trying to poison her and her baby

• She feels burning guilt for her sin

• She believes that he is not a real physician

• She does not trust native medicine

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who said this: "Nay, from the moment when we came down the old church-steps together, I might have beheld the bale-fire of that scarlet letter blazing at the end of our path!"

• Chillingworth

• Hester

• Neither, you just made up that quote

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Chillingworth approach the subject of who Hester cheated with?

• He doesn't wish to know who she did it with, for the legacy of a husband of a faithless woman is dishonor

• He doesn't want to know, because he wants to forget her forever

• He wishes to know, and he wishes to duel him for his honor

• He wishes to know, and he wishes to get revenge on him

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following was true:

• Chillingworth wanted the world to know that Hester cheated on him by publicly denouncing her and continuing the humiliation

• Chillingworth wanted her to tell people, including the "other man" that they had no relationship and her husband was dead

• Chillingworth wanted to appeal her sentence for a case of "extraordinary sin" and have her executed

• Chillingworth wanted to live his life in peace, gathering knowledge and becoming closer to god rather than concerning himself with Hester any further

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Hester choose to do after being released from prison?

• Hide from the community, fleeing south to faraway settlement where she might be included

• Return to Europe with Pearl, taking the same ship that her husband had once journeyed on

• Live in a small but ornate home in the center of town, bearing her A with pride rather than shame every day as she worked and walked about the busy streets

• Live on the outskirts of town, where not many lived, in a small, relatively hidden thatched cottage

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did Hester create and sell to occupy her time and make money to support herself and Pearl?

• Baby-linen (robes and caps for babies)

• Clothing for dead bodies

• Clothing for government officials, military men, and the minister

• Wedding veils

Answer explanation

This one is important:

They wouldn't commission her work for wedding veils because of their constant memory of her sin

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

T/F: Hester became relatively wealthy and spent that money on fabric for extravagant clothing for herself and Pearl (who would be dressed in similar ornate clothing to her mother)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Common mistake! Here's a quote to check:

"Hester sought not to acquire any thing beyond a subsistience, of the plainest and most ascetic description, for herself, and a simple abundance for her child. Her own dress was of the coarsest materials and the most sombre hue; with only that one ornament--the scarlet letter,-- which it was her doom to wear.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What kind of kid was Pearl?

• Well-composed, very cutesy, very demure

• A bit of a chaotic lad, noted for her "wild flow of spirits" and Hester's occasional inability to restrain her

• A representation of the "truest opposite of Hester's sin": A completely pure, beautiful and faultless child

• A young, pure girl who aspired to be social but was rejected at every turn

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What three letter word is used often in chapter 6 to describe Pearl?