Test III: Chapters 16-24

Question 1

appeased; assuaged

Answer 1

mollified

Question 2

somber thoughtfulness

Answer 2

pensiveness

Question 3

accustomed to; accepting of

Answer 3

inured

Question 4

highest point

Answer 4

meridian

Question 5

boldness; daring

Answer 5

audacity

Question 6

formal conversation; conference

Answer 6

colloquy

Question 7

languor

Answer 7

indolence; lethargy

Question 8

descendants; future generations

Answer 8

posterity

Question 9

made heavenly or celestial

Answer 9

etherealized

Question 10

an unexpected, surprising change

Answer 10

vicissitude

Question 11

primitive; of the earliest age

Answer 11

primeval

Question 12

proceeding away from a center

Answer 12

centrifugal

Question 13

random; inconsistent

Answer 13

erratic

Question 14

a feeling of repentance over sin

Answer 14

penitence

Question 15

hopelessness; gloominess

Answer 15

despondency

Question 16

freedom of choice

Answer 16

latitude

Question 17

presence; immediate proximity

Answer 17

contiguity

Question 18

an outpouring; outflowing

Answer 18

effluence

Question 19

exhilaration; liveliness

Answer 19

effervescence

Question 20

indisputable; doubtless

Answer 20

irrefragable

Question 21

The promise Hector makes to Dimmesdale

Answer 21

“Thou shalt not go alone”

Question 22

Chillingworth’s final words to Dimmesdale

Answer 22

“Thou hast escaped me.”

Question 23

What the little brook babbles about

Answer 23

mankind’s hidden guilt

Question 24

The subject of Dimmesdale’s Election Day sermon

Answer 24

God’s relation to human community

Question 25

Where Roger Chillingworthh plans to join Hester and Dimmesdale

Answer 25

on board the Bristol ship

Question 26

Where Hester and Dimmesdale ultimately plan to go in order to escape

Answer 26

England

Question 27

Where the minister meets Mistress Hibbins

Answer 27

in town

Question 28

Where Hester converses with the minister

Answer 28

a forest

Question 29

Where the Black Man writes one’s name in blood

Answer 29

the pages of an iron-bound book

Question 30

Pearl’s reaction to Dimmesdale joining her on the pillory scaffold

Answer 30

welcoming; warmly embracing

Question 31

Hester’s disposition, compared to that of Dimmesdale

Answer 31

happy; relieved

Question 32

the attitude of the little brook

Answer 32

sad; sighing

Question 33

Pearl’s attitude towards the Native American at the procession

Answer 33

bold; wildly fearless

Question 34

Pearl’s attitude about Hester wearing the scarlett letter

Answer 34

resolute; angrily insistent

Question 35

Dimmesdale’s impression of the town after returning from the forest

Answer 35

changed; unreal