The Scarlet Letter

Question 0

What are the themes of the novel

Answer 0

Public punishment and humiliation and affects of sin

Question 1

Which one of the following are important in the novel: scaffold, sun, forest, church

Answer 1

All but church

Question 2

What adjectives would you use to describe Hester?

Answer 2

Shy, ashamed, embarrassed, and annoyed

Question 3

What happens at the end of the story to Hester?

Answer 3

Stays in Boston to be close to pearl

Question 4

What happens at the end of the story to Pearl?

Answer 4

She gets married and possibly had a child

Question 5

What happens at the end of the story to dimmsdale?

Answer 5

Died on the scaffold

Question 6

What happens at the end of the story to chillingworth?

Answer 6

Died a year after dimmsdale

Question 7

What imagery can you use to describe pearl?

Answer 7

Confident, bubbly, cautious of her mother

Question 8

What does the scaffold do in the story?

Answer 8

It is the place for public punishment and embarrassment especially for Hester

Question 9

What were Hester’s motivations in the story?

Answer 9

Pearl and her name

Question 10

What conflicts were in the story?

Answer 10

Pearl having feelings for AD, Hester keeping RC a secret, Hester committing adultery with AD, pearl getting called witch baby because of her mothers actions

Question 11

What does AD placing his hand over his heart suggest?

Answer 11

He is nervous and guilty about something

Question 12

What was Hester’s way of making money?

Answer 12

Embroidery and making clothes

Question 13

What is the setting of the story?

Answer 13

Boston

Question 14

What is the time setting?

Answer 14

Mid 17th century, 1600s, 7 years

Question 15

How long had Hester and RC been apart?

Answer 15

2 years

Question 16

How old was RC?

Answer 16

Much older than Hester

Question 17

How did the poor people treat Hester?

Answer 17

They looked down on her

Question 18

How did the attitude of the town change over the years?

Answer 18

They ignored Hester more and excepted her mistake

Question 19

What did pearl do at the end of the story?

Answer 19

Got married and had a baby

Question 20

How does Hester feel about AD at the end?

Answer 20

She still loves him

Question 21

Does AD ever reveal his sin to the town?

Answer 21

Yes he does. On the scaffold

Question 22

What does the ship captain reveal to Hester?

Answer 22

That RC is going on their ship with them

Question 23

Who is the ugly deformed man in the story?

Answer 23

RC

Question 24

Who died the night of the ministers vigil?

Answer 24

Governor Winthrall

Question 25

Who frequently preached about Hester and was the oldest clergyman?

Answer 25

John Wilson

Question 26

Who was the ordained minister, well educated, and weak?

Answer 26

AD

Question 27

Who protects her loved ones at any cost?

Answer 27

Hester

Question 28

Who is the governors sister?

Answer 28

Mistress Hibbons

Question 29

Who wants to take pearl away from Hester?

Answer 29

The governor Billingham

Question 30

Who is a beautiful child, willful and very temperamental?

Answer 30

Pearl

Question 31

Why does Hester refuse to reveal he identity of pearls father?

Answer 31

Because she loves him

Question 32

What takes RC so long to get to Boston?

Answer 32

He gets captured by Indians

Question 33

Who pleads with Hester at the beginning of the story to tell who the father is?

Answer 33

AD

Question 34

Does Hester speak to RC when he comes to the prison?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

What does RC give to pearl while in prison?

Answer 35

Vaccine

Question 36

What does RC promise to Hester about her lover?

Answer 36

He can't hurt the father of pearl

Question 37

How is Hester treated at the beginning of the book by the people of the town?

Answer 37

She is not respected but is looked down on

Question 38

How does Hester dress pearl?

Answer 38

In beautiful dresses

Question 39

How do the people treat her?

Answer 39

She gets punished for her mothers sin and is considered a witch baby

Question 40

Who threatens to take Pearl away from Hester?

Answer 40

The governor

Question 41

What do the people of Boston accept RC as professionally?

Answer 41

A physician

Question 42

Does AD try to justify to himself about his sin?

Answer 42

Yes (whips himself, starves, and holds prayer vigils)

Question 43

How do the members of the church feel about AD?

Answer 43

They like him but feel he is guilty for something

Question 44

Who joins AD on the scaffold that night?

Answer 44

Hester and Pearl

Question 45

What does AD promise Pearl?

Answer 45

That he won't hold her hand in public

Question 46

After seven years, how do the people treat Hester?

Answer 46

Differently and more respectively

Question 47

When the magistrates tell Hester she does not have to wear the A what does she do?

Answer 47

Wear it anyway

Question 48

What does AD do when he finds out that RC is her husband?

Answer 48

He is furious and realizes RC used him for revenge but at the end he forgives her

Question 49

In the forest what do Hester and AD plan to do?

Answer 49

Run away to England together

Question 50

Does Hester regret that she ever loved AD? | .

Answer 50

No

Question 51

What does Pearl do after AD kisses her?

Answer 51

Wipes it off

Question 52

What does Hester book? And for who?

Answer 52

A trip to Europe with ADA and Pearl

Question 53

Does AD die before or after he confesses?

Answer 53

After

Question 54

When does RC die?

Answer 54

A year after AD

Question 55

Does Hester still wear the A?

Answer 55

Yes

Question 56

What happened to Pearl?

Answer 56

She got married and had a baby

Question 57

What does the scarlet letter symbolize?

Answer 57

Adultery, able, and angel

Question 58

Who does RC decide to get revenge on when he discovers his wife is an adulteress?

Answer 58

AD

Question 59

Why does AD not confess for 7 years?

Answer 59

He does not want to share his sin

Question 60

What does RC torture AD with for 7 years?

Answer 60

Living with him

Question 61

What is the result of Hester's sin?

Answer 61

Wearing an A on her chest

Question 62

What is the black man?

Answer 62

The devil

Question 63

What unites the four major characters in the story?

Answer 63

Pearl

Question 64

How does Hester show us she is going to start a new life while in the forest?

Answer 64

Takes her hair down and takes off the A

Question 65

What is AD only salvation?

Answer 65

The election sermon

Question 66

What is AD greatest sin?

Answer 66

Hurting himself and not confessing?

Question 67

How does Hester make it through public shame all those years?

Answer 67

For AD and Pearl

Question 68

What is the central conflict of the story?

Answer 68

Hester and AD adultery

Question 69

What is the scarlet letters main concern?

Answer 69

Effect of sin

Question 70

When does Pearl become more like a human child?

Answer 70

When AD dies and she kisses him and cries

Question 71

What is the climax of the story?

Answer 71

AD confession