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English test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the author of The Scarlet Letter? | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| What do the ministers urge Hester to do? | Reveal the baby daddy |
| According to the narrator, what are the first two structures built in the new colony? | A prison and a cemetery |
| What does Hester have embroidered on her dress? | A scarlet letter A |
| Who comes to visit Hester in the jail cell? | Roger Chillingworth; her husband |
| What is the narrator’s opinion of the men he works with at the Custom House? | They are old, incompetent, and corrupt. |
| What is the setting of the novel? | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Why do the women in the crowd criticize Hester’s scarlet letter? | It is pretty |
| How was the stranger in the crowd dressed at the beginning of Chapter 3? | Half Puritan clothes, half savage clothes |
| Why does the jailer call a doctor? | because they are afraid that Hester may do something to herself or the baby. |
| Where does the Custom House take place? | Salem, Massachusetts |
| What does the prison door most likely represent? | Harsh Puritan society, punishment, sin |
| How does the narrator describe the women of the village? | Ugly and petty attitudes. |
| Where does the stranger at the beginning of Chapter 3 say he has been? | Forced to travel against his will |
| What is the relationship between Hester and the visitor? | Husband and wife |
| What does the narrator find in the Custom House that inspires him to write? What is wrapped around this item? | A manuscript of the story of Hester Prynne wrapped around a faded scarlet colored a. |
| According to the narrator, what does the rose bush outside of the prison symbolize? | Hope |
| What is Hester’s attitude toward her sin and punishment? | Confident, acceptance |
| How does Hester know the man in the crowd is her husband? | He had a deformed shoulder |
| What effect does the visitor’s medicine have on the baby? | He makes her go to sleep and stop crying |
| What is the “Custom House”? | an edifice |
| Who is Ann Hutchinson? | An English-born Puritan leader and American feminist. She came up with the idea that Puritanism was demeaning to women, and that the slavery of Native Americans was cruel. |
| What causes Hester’s infant to cry out while on the scaffold? | Hester squeezed her too hard after recognizing the stranger |
| What gesture does the stranger make when he sees Hester may recognize him? | |
| What does the visitor vow to do? | find the bd and get revenge |
| Who wrote the story that the narrator found in the Custom House? | Jonathan pue |
| What is the mood of The Scarlet Letter? | sad, gloomy, moody |
| Who leads Hester to the scaffold? | The beadle |
| Who is Bellingham? | The governor |
| What does Hester promise the visitor? | that she wont tell everyone that Roger was her husband |
| What does the narrator of the Custom House feel when he puts the item he finds to his chest? | A burning sensation |
| How does the narrator of the Custom House think his Puritan ancestors would view his writing? | degenerate, failure |
| What does Hester reflect on while standing on the scaffold? | her sin of adultery, public humiliation, her husband |
| Who do the ministers appoint to get Hester to confess? | Dimmesdale |
| What does the reader learn about Hester’s marriage in Chapter 4? | She never loved him and that she cheated on him and had a kid and that the marriage was an act of trickery |
| The Scarlet Letter explores what three themes? | I think its like sin punishment death, hypocrisy, and the difference between individual and man, the difference between public view and private guilt. |
| About how old is Hester’s baby? | 3 months old |
| farthingale | a hoop worn by women to support skirts or petticoats |
| beadle | a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution |
| contumely | insolent or insulting language or treatment |
| ignominy | shame, dishonor |
| malefactresses | female criminals |
| inauspicious | unlikely successful; unpromising |
| mien | a person’s look or manner; particularly indicating their character or mood |
| physiognomies | facial features or expressions |
| pillory | a wooden board with holes to hold the head and hands that was used to subject criminals to public humiliation |
| sumptuary | laws that limit spending on personal items or food |
| halberds | weapons (a combination of spear and battle-ax) |
| remonstrance | forceful protest; usually with disappointment |
| sagacity | having wisdom and good judgement |
| vie | compete, contest, battle |
| sepulchres | graves, tombstones |
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