The Scarlet Letter Review

Pearl is considered to be the living embodiment of the scarlet letter. This is an example of what?

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Anthromorpism

• Mood

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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

Which saying best represents what has happened to Chillingworth?

• If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

• A penny saved is a penny earned.

• Another one bites the dust.

• There are more fish in the sea.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

One of the main themes in The Scarlet Letter is...

• Destiny

• Alienation

• Mutability

• There's a theme?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Hester plans her escape with Dimmesdale and Pearl to...

• The Old World (Europe)

• The woods

• Canada, eh

• Nowhere; she does not have the courage to run away.

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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

Which of the following is a method Dimmesdale uses to punish himself for his sins?

• Scourging or whipping

• Fasting

• Vigils (extended periods of wakefulness and/or prayer)

• All of the above

Where did Dimmesdale frequently put his hand?

• On his forehead

• None of these

• Over his mouth

• Over his heart

How does Hester make a living?

• Growing crops

• Healing other people

• With her needlework

• Selling wood in Boston

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

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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

Child of an Adulterous relationship​ ​ (a)  

• Pearl

• Pearl

• Hester

• Dimmesdale

• Chillingsworth

• Mr. Wilson

• Governor Bellingham

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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

The picture suggests the characters are_____________. For example, the man/woman is _________________.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7