scarlet letter chapters 1-5

Question 1

what is a beadle

Answer 1

jailor

Question 2

what does the rosebush symbolize

Answer 2

some sweet moral blossom

Question 3

where is hester punished

Answer 3

scaffold

Question 4

how long is hester punished

Answer 4

3 hours

Question 5

why is hester compared to the divine maternity

Answer 5

the divine maternity is Mary holding the baby Jesus.
To show contrast.
Places Hester as a heroine

Question 6

what is one major example of irony so far

Answer 6

Verbal- These good people, talking about the puritans

Question 7

who is the father

Answer 7

Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

Question 8

who is the husband

Answer 8

Physician Roger Chillingworth

Question 9

how does hester earn a living?

Answer 9

seamstress

Question 10

is hester required to stay in boston after she is released?

Answer 10

no, but she stays there anyway

Question 11

setting

Answer 11

puritan time, boston

Question 12

names of chapters 1-5

Answer 12

the prison door
the market place
the recognition 
the interview
hester at her needle

Question 13

who does hester love

Answer 13

Dimmesdale

Question 14

does hester love the man she married?

Answer 14

no

Question 15

who went missing for 2 years

Answer 15

roger chillingworth

Question 16

why does chillingworth take some of the blame for hester’s folly

Answer 16

Chillingworth should have known better than to imprison a youthful beauty like Hester in a marriage to an elderly, misshapen man.

Question 17

roger wants to keep his identity as the husband a secret, does hester agree

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

what has hester not sewn before for anybody

Answer 18

a wedding gown (staining the bride’s purity)

Question 19

does hester make clothing for the poor? how do they react to this ?

Answer 19

yes she does, the poor still looks down on her though.