The Scarlet Letter
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Billy Budd | Which of the following novels was NOT written by Nathaniel Hawthorne? (a)The Blithdale Romance (b) Billy Budd (c) The House of the Seven Gables |
| Allegory | A story with a symbolic meaning used to teach a moral principle |
| Romance | A prose narrative that is far removed from the incidents of ordinary life, makes greater use of the marvelous, imporbably, and unbelievable with characters' emotions true to human nature |
| Ambiguity | A way of expressing something so its meaning is uncertain or contains multiple possibilities |
| The darker, negative, and mysterious ones | Which of the characteristics of romanticism fit hawthorne's writings? |
| Puritans | Hawthorne's ancestors had been members of what religious group? |
| Franklin Pierce | Which American president was a college classmate and friend of Hawthorne? |
| The Scarlet Letter | Most modern literary critics consider which book of Hawthornes to be a masterpiece? |
| To wear the scarlet letter and to stand on the scaffolding with her baby for 3 hours | In The Scarlet Letter, what was Hester's sentence? |
| Rose | What flower grew beside Hester's ugly prison door that showed great contrast? |
| The cemetery | Chillingworth picks the herbs and weeds for his medicines from where? |
| Boston | The setting in The Scarlet Letter is in what town? |
| Red and gold | The A which Hester wears is made of what color(s)? |
| (b) He leaves on a ship bound for England | Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning Dimmesdale? (a) He confesses and dies near the nobel's end (b) He leaves on a ship bound for England (c) He appears to love Hester and Pearl |
| Sewing | How does Hester financially support herself and Pearl? |
| Adultery ---> Able, Angel | What are the meanings of the A in The Scarlet Letter stand for throughout the book? |
| In bright fancy red clothes | How does Hester dress Pearl? |
| A cottage on the edge of town | During most of The Scarlet Letter, where did Hester and Pearl live? |
| The Indians | Chillingworth got most of his knowledge of doctoring with herbs and weeds from who? |
| Mistress Hibbons | In the nobel The Scarlet Letter, who is a character in the book as well as a real person and was eventually put to death as a witch? |
| (b) Hester had been in love with Chillingwoth until she met Dimmesdale | Which of the folling statements isn't true in The Scarlet Letter? (a) Hester and Chillingworth's marriage was arranged by her parents (b) Hester had been in love with Chillingworth until she met Dimmesdale (c) Hester eventually admits that she hates Chillingworth |
| (b) Hester eventually returns to New England and is buried beside Dimmesdale | Whic on the following statements is ture about The Scarlet Letter? (a) Hester and Pearl go to England and never return (b)Hester eventually returns to New England and is buried beside Dimmesdale (c) Hester doesn't wear the scarlet letter once Dimmesdale and Chillingworth are dead |
| Chilling worth left her his money | How does Pearl eventually becomes very rich? |
| Is written to appear as if it is a true story | Describe Hawthorne's narrative technique in the novel, The Scarlet Letter. |
| Dimmesdale | Which character in the Scarlet Letter appears to be suffering from guilt? |
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