Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-3 quesiton pool

Which word means public shame or disgrace?

• pillory

• remonstrance

• ignominy

• beadle

Which word means in a manner that shows keen perception or sound judgment?

• beadle

• sagacity

• vie

• contumely

What is called the "black flower of civilized society": 

• The Devil
• Sin
• A Prison
• A Cemetary

What two places do even Utopian societies establish early on? 

• Prison, School
• School, Cemetary
• Cemetary, Church
• Prison, Cemetary

The piece of vegetation growing outside the prison door: 

• Murdock
• Rose Bush
• Pigweed
• Thorns

The form of punishment that both Scripture and the statute book WOULD HAVE allowed for Hester? 

• Death
• The letter "A"
• Jail
• Public shaming

The identity of the person who is called upon to speak to Hester from a "high place"

• John Wilson
• Governor Bellingham
• Arthur Dimmesdale
• Roger Chillingworth

Where Chillingworth tells the townsperson he has been or why he was delayed in his arrival in the New World: 

• New England
• At the bottom of the Sea
• Studying in Amsterdam
• Held captive by Indians

Chillingworth's most noteworthy identifying feature: 

• His penetrating eyes
• His misshapen shoulders
• His stern brow
• His outfit

Meaning of the word ignominy: 

• Shy and timid
• Sin
• Old and worn down
• Public shame or disgrace