Scarlet Letter Chapter 1 and Miscellaneous Reading Questions

What does Hawthorne describe in detail in the first chapter?

• A scaffold

• A prison door

• Hester Prinne

• A prison door and a rose bush

What were the first two things the Puritans found NECESSARY to build upon arriving to the new colony?

• A school and a church

• A cemetery and a school

• A courthouse and a prison

• A cemetery and a prison

According to the text the narrator says that he hopes the rose will symbolize:

• "...some sweet moral blossom, that may be found along the track or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow."

• "..hope. Hope for Hester Prynne and her child, that they might find happiness even though Hester is viewed as a sinner and her child is part of her sin."

• "...an edifice that is weathered and old."

• NONE OF THESE

Who is Hester Prynne? Select the BEST answer.

• Hester is a towns person who lives near the jail.

• Hester is a towns person who knows the judge.

• Hester is a towns person who was put in jail for committing adultery.

• Hester is a mom.

The minister of the town's name is:

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Roger Chillingsworth

• Dr. Arthur Chillingsworth

• Arthur Dimmesdale

The word thither means:

• here, this way

• here, that way

• there, that way

• there, right away

An OLD ENGLISH word that would be an expression of shock:

• Nay

• Fie

• toil

• dost

The Scarlet A that Hester Prynne Has to wear represents:

• Her Anger.

• Her adulteress sin.

• Her problems.

• Nothing.

To do something forthwith, means to do it:

• later.

• after some time.

• never.

• right away.

The connotation of the word is:

• the feeling or image the word evokes, be it positive or negative.

• A negative definition of a word.

• the exact definition of that word.

• A positive definition of a word.