The Scarlet Letter Review

Who is Roger Chillingworth?

• a physician called in to treat Hester, a man she has never seen before

• Hester's long-lost husband, a man she truly loved

• Hester's long-lost husband, a man she never truly loved

Who is being described here: "[A man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamp-light which has served them to pore over many ponderous books"?

• the father of Hester's child

• the judge

• Hester's husband

Pearl is asked by Mr. Wilson, "Canst thou tell me child, who made thee?" What does Pearl respond?

• "My Heavenly Father, kind sir."

• She simply stares at him in a demonic way.

• She says that her mother plucked her from the rose bush.

When Chillingworth goes to Hester after she has been on the scaffold,

• he tries to poison her, but not her child.

• she refuses to let him help her or the child.

• she is deeply agitated from her ordeal and from seeing him.

When Hester goes to Governor Bellingham's home,

• she wants to convince him not to take Pearl away from her.

• Reverend Dimmesdale argues to let Pearl remain with Hester.

• Governor Bellingham's servant mistakes Hester for a great lady.

• all of the above

Identify the speaker: "Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee."

• Hester Prynne

• Arthur Dimmesdales

• Roger Chillingworth

• Mistress Hibbons

Identify the speaker: "Wilt thou go with us tonight? There be merry company in the forest; and I well-nigh promise the Black Man that comely Hester Prynne should make one."

• Hester Prynne

• Arthur Dimmesdale

• Roger Chillingworth

• Mistress Hibbons

What topics does Hawthorne focus on in The Scarlet Letter?

• public shaming

• guilt

• oppressive religion

• the nature of evil/sin

• Hawthorne covers all these topics/themes.

What literary era does THE SCARLET LETTER belong in?

• Romanticism

• Transcendentalism

• Modernism

• Post-Modernism

Hawthorne's purpose for writing the The Scarlet Letter was a . . .

• satirical piece to reflect how the Salem Witch Trials were correct

• satirical piece to reflect the perfect ideals of the Puritan religion.

• satirical piece to "make fun" of the conformist ideals and religious hysteria of the Puritans.