Scarlet Letter First Half

Who is Pearl's father?

• Dr. Chillingworth

• Rev. Dimmesdale

• Governor Billingham

• No one knows

Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?

• William Shakespeare

• Arthur Miller

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Harper Lee

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 alias did Hester's husband take?

• Roger Prynne

• Roger Chillingworth

• Roger Hamilton

• Roger Frederickson

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

"Yet these thoughts affected Hester Prynne less with hope than apprehension." Here the word apprehension means

• Faith

• Understanding

• Anxiety

• Surrender

How does Hester earn a living?

• By growing crops

• By healing other people

• By her needlework

• By selling wood in Boston

What is the first thing that Pearl sees as a baby?

• The rosebush

• Hester

• The scarlet letter on Hester's chest

• The inside of a prison cell

When John Wilson asks Pearl who who maker is, Pearl replies:

• That sin made her

• That she was plucked off of a rose bush

• That Hester and Dimmesdale made her

• That God made her

Where is Dimmesdale's scarlet letter?

• On his robes

• On his Bible

• On his hat

• Over his heart