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Question: (7/27/2010)
how old is pearl in chapter two?


Question: (7/15/2010)
what were some of the conjectures made by parishioners as to the origin of the minister's scarlet letter


Question: (7/7/2010)
What symbol is introduced for Chillingworth in Hester's final lines in this chapter?
Answer: (7/15/2010)
the Black Man



Question: (7/7/2010)
What detail is given to suggest the baby was born in jail?
Answer: (7/18/2010)
11. The details given to suggest Hester’s daughter was born in jail are how she winked and turned aside from the too vivid light.



Question: (7/7/2010)
what is astonishing about the "A" on her bodice?


Question: (6/14/2010)
what 2 possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?
Answer: (6/25/2010)
1. sweet moral bloom




Question: (6/1/2010)
why is pearl upset when her mother calls her
Answer: (6/13/2010)
her mother took off the scarlet letter



Question: (5/28/2010)
how does dimmesdale seem to change as he goes into town


Question: (5/20/2010)
what did the ladies of the town think of Hester's punishment?
Answer: (6/8/2010)
thought it was funny

Answer: (6/2/2010)
Thought the magistrate was too merciful and demanded a harsher punishment, preferably death.

Answer: (5/24/2010)
thought it was funny




Question: (5/17/2010)
judging from the conversations of the puritan women, what are their conceptions about sin, morality, and punishment?


Question: (5/13/2010)
How has Chillingworth changed since Hester last saw him?
Answer: (7/20/2010)
hes changed



Question: (5/6/2010)
5. Find 2 examples of verbal irony, 2 examples of dramatic irony, and 2 examples of situational irony in the novel.


Question: (5/1/2010)
what gesture has become Dimmesdale's habit ?
Answer: (5/7/2010)
His hand over his heart

Answer: (5/6/2010)
clutching his chest



Question: (4/29/2010)
Why should Hester's marriage be a failure?
Answer: (6/2/2010)
It was not a failure, she stated she did not marry Roger out of love. At the given time marriage was mostly to provide benefit's such as a place to stay, livable income, and some companionship.

Answer: (5/7/2010)
She committed adultery and produce a child.



Question: (4/26/2010)
What is the relationship between religion and law in Puritan New England
Answer: (5/6/2010)
They're intermixed; in law there's religion, and in religion, there's law.



Question: (4/21/2010)
who is the father of hesters baby
Answer: (5/24/2010)
dimmesdale

Answer: (5/7/2010)
Arthur Dimmesdale has the honor.

Answer: (5/6/2010)
Dimmesdale

Answer: (4/29/2010)
authur dimmesdale

Answer: (4/23/2010)
Dimmesdale




Question: (4/20/2010)
how do most of the towns people regard the severity of Hester's punishment
Answer: (5/24/2010)
They think it isn't severe enough, and the women wanted Hester to get the death sentence



Question: (4/20/2010)
." What happened in both the first and second experience, and why is each experience crucial to the novel as it has unfolded?The Scarlet Letter


Question: (4/15/2010)
how is the episode of Dimmesdale's midnight vigil on the scaffold structurally significant?
Answer: (5/6/2010)
It shows how Dimmesdale has been silently suffering and refers back to Hester Prynne's suffering at the scaffold in the beginning of the Scarlet Letter



Question: (4/11/2010)
What is his relationship to Hester? What does he ask her to reveal?
Answer: (4/28/2010)
pearl's dad n and pearl



Question: (4/11/2010)
What does the stranger learn from the townsman next to him?
Answer: (4/15/2010)
the sin of hester prynne.



Question: (4/11/2010)
What prior reference was made in Chapter 2 that reminds the reader of this man?


Question: (4/10/2010)
Who is the father of Hester's baby?
Answer: (4/11/2010)
dimmesdale



Question: (4/7/2010)
where in the colony does the opening chapter take place
Answer: (5/31/2010)
2. Seventeenth-century Boston is where the opening chapter takes place. Outside of a prison with a cemetery on the side.

Answer: (4/11/2010)
outside of prison and a cementary on da side



Question: (3/29/2010)
who is Anne Hutchinson? how does Hawthorne feel about her?
Answer: (3/31/2010)
she was banished to rhode island for preaching antinomianism (that a mans soul could not be saved through his good deeds but required gods grace) says on the bottom of page 46 if u have the same version that i do.



Question: (3/29/2010)
Name 3 crimes and the punishments that the Puritans might witness.
Answer: (4/9/2010)
Prison, Standing on the Scaffold, and the Scarlet Letter



Question: (3/22/2010)
How does Dimmmesdale's appearance change
Answer: (3/28/2010)
he becomes sickly

Answer: (3/28/2010)
CHILLINGWORTH THE PHYSIAN OR THE BLACK MAN?




Question: (3/5/2010)
What do you perceive the roles of Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to be at different parts of the play? Explain what makes you view them in this way.
Answer: (3/24/2010)
how has dimmesdale secret sin affected his life? use a quote to support your answers and cite the page number



Question: (3/2/2010)
who is the stranger and what is his relationship to hester?
Answer: (4/22/2010)
This stranger is Roger Chillingworth and he is Hester's ex-husband

Answer: (4/9/2010)
Hester's Husband


Answer: (3/19/2010)
her husband



Question: (3/2/2010)
why does the stranger visit hester in jail?
Answer: (6/25/2010)
to treat her child



Question: (2/21/2010)
In Chapter 5, what type of dress did Hester wear?
Answer: (4/15/2010)
one of the coarsest material accessorized oonly by the scarlet letter upon her chest



Question: (2/18/2010)
Who arethe other visitors at the Governor's house
Answer: (4/9/2010)
Wilson, Chillingsworth, and Dimmensdale



Question: (2/10/2010)
in chapter 8 how did chillingworth change over the last few years?
Answer: (2/24/2010)
he let revenge take over and you can tell that he had age a bit and it was as if there was an evil upon his face

Answer: (2/24/2010)
what is dimmesdale reaction to the truth?




Question: (2/2/2010)
Who did Chillingworth blame for Hester having �fallen into the pit..� � her, himself, or her lover?
Answer: (2/6/2010)
how did the poor treat hester



Question: (2/1/2010)
What are Hester's reasons for not wanting to visit Dimmesdale in his own study?
Answer: (2/24/2010)
she was afraid chillingworth would suspect something



Question: (1/31/2010)
What questions does Pearl ask her mother? How does this trouble Hester?


Question: (1/31/2010)
how is the forest with its many elements-sunlight, brook, and windblown trees-symbolic of the lives of Hester and Pearl?


Question: (1/27/2010)
judging from the conversations of the puritan women, what are their conceptions about sin, morality, and punishment?


Question: (1/27/2010)
At the end of the book...What happens to Hester, Pearl, and Roger Chillingworth?
Answer: (2/20/2010)
hester and pearl go to england after roger dies and later hester returns to boston and claims the scarlet letter and she dies sometime later but pearl gets married in england and has a family and children but she doesn't return to boston though.



Question: (1/27/2010)
What did Mr. Dimmesdale tell the people of New England before he died?
Answer: (2/24/2010)
hester



Question: (1/27/2010)
What shocking news did the commander of the Bristol ship bring Hester?
Answer: (1/31/2010)
He tells Hester that Roger Chillingworth has requested passage on the boat along with Dimmesdale and herself.



Question: (1/25/2010)
What questions does Pearl ask her mother? Why does this trouble Hester?


Question: (1/24/2010)
What do you perceive the roles of Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale to be at different parts of the play? Explain what makes you view them in this way.


Question: (1/18/2010)
What is a private act of penance of Dimmesdale's?
Answer: (1/21/2010)
torturing and beating himself



Question: (1/16/2010)
What does Dimmesdale say to the community (at the end of when he realizes his plans of escape have been destroyed)?
Answer: (1/26/2010)
Describe the Puritan women. Use one quote from the book to support your answer.




Question: (1/13/2010)
Describe the Puritan women. Use one quote from the book to support your answer.


Question: (1/11/2010)
In chapter four, what does Chillingworth vow to do?
Answer: (2/18/2010)
get revenge, not on hester but on whoever is her lover and the father


Answer: (2/16/2010)
punish dimmesdale

Answer: (1/27/2010)
get revenge on Dimmesdale

Answer: (1/27/2010)
find Hester's lover



Question: (1/10/2010)
what did A symbolized for the pearl
???? (7/29/2010)
    Answer has been submitted and is awaiting approval.


Answer: (1/13/2010)
god



Question: (1/7/2010)
Near the end of chapter 18, the forest creatures are naturally drawn to Pearl and recognize her as "a kindred wildness." How do you account for this wildness in Pearl?


Question: (1/5/2010)
Why did hester resist at first Chillington's attempts to give her baby medicine?
Answer: (1/29/2010)
she was afraid he might hurt the baby

Answer: (1/18/2010)
becuase she didnt trust him as she knew she he was her husband she thought he was goin to get revenge on her by trying to poison the child

Answer: (1/13/2010)
because she does not trust him

Answer: (1/12/2010)
caause she fell down.



Question: (1/3/2010)
why does the jailer call a doctor?
Answer: (1/21/2010)
he is concerned for the baby

Answer: (1/19/2010)
because the little girl is sick

Answer: (1/6/2010)
For what 2 “practical necessities” did the new colony set aside land?




Question: (1/2/2010)
what are the two secrets hester promises to keep in chapter 4?
Answer: (5/31/2010)
ALSO NOT TO RVEAL THAT CHILLINGWORTH IS HER HUSBAND

Answer: (1/6/2010)
She will not reveal Chillingworth identity and will not reveal her lover



Question: (1/2/2010)
What is the greatest, most destructive sin in the story and why?
Answer: (1/19/2010)
Pride. Dimmesdale's pride in his religious rhetoric and the power he exerts from the pulpit keeps him from admitting the truth about Pearl's parentage. He's also proud that his parishoners admire him so. Chillingworth is proud of his ability to fear and control Hester and Arthur.



Question: (12/17/2009)
what was the spirit of election day in boston


Question: (12/17/2009)
what were some of the conjectures made by the parishioners as to the origin of the minister's scarlet letter?


Question: (12/13/2009)
what is miraculous about the meteor?


Question: (12/10/2009)
what could the brook symbolize?


Question: (12/8/2009)
What does Hester mean when she refers to Peal as "the scarlet letter?"
Answer: (12/17/2009)
as an angel.

Answer: (12/10/2009)
Pearl is the living, breathing, embodied version of the scarlet letter. The scarlet letter was a product of adultery, and serves as Hester's punishment, while also giving her a type of relief, as does Pearl. This is exemplified when Pearl wears her red cloak with gold trim, and she is referred to as The Scarlet Letter, specifically.



Question: (12/8/2009)
who is hester really married to?
Answer: (1/4/2010)
chillingworth

Answer: (1/2/2010)
chillingworth

Answer: (12/15/2009)
chillingworth

Answer: (12/14/2009)
rodger chillingworth

Answer: (12/8/2009)
roger chillington

Answer: (12/8/2009)
Chillingworth

Answer: (12/8/2009)
chilllingworth

Answer: (12/8/2009)
Roger Chillingworth

Answer: (12/8/2009)
Chillingworth

Answer: (12/8/2009)
chillingworth



Question: (12/6/2009)
How much time has passed since Hester first stood with the infant pearl on the scaffold?
Answer: (1/4/2010)
7 years

Answer: (1/2/2010)
3 years

Answer: (12/15/2009)
7 years


Answer: (12/8/2009)
3 months



Question: (12/3/2009)
What is the needlework ordered by Governer Bellingham
Answer: (12/5/2009)
Gloves



Question: (12/3/2009)
in chapter 9 hawthorne uses an extended analogy comparing chililingworth to a minor. How is this effect?


Question: (12/3/2009)
who meets with hester in chapter 14
Answer: (12/30/2009)
Chillingworth


Answer: (12/6/2009)
chillingsworth



Question: (12/1/2009)
Another consequence of sin in this novel is isolation. Cite passages that indicate the isolation of the 3 major characters” Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth
Answer: (12/2/2009)
how do religious beliefs and colonial laws intermingle in this story?




Question: (12/1/2009)
what did the doctor learn his skill?
Answer: (12/6/2009)
The Indians



Question: (12/1/2009)
what is the setting in chapter 11


Question: (11/30/2009)
Judging from the conversatios of the Puritan women what are their conceptions about sin, morality, and punishment?


Question: (11/29/2009)
Quote a sentence from this chapter that associates chillingworth with evil.
Answer: (1/11/2010)
the black man, which is the devil

Answer: (12/1/2009)
the black man



Question: (11/28/2009)
what is dimmesdale's reaction to the truth?
Answer: (12/2/2009)
shock



Question: (11/27/2009)
In chapter eight How much time has elapsed since the opening scene?
Answer: (12/13/2009)
three years



Question: (11/27/2009)
Why does John Wilson question Pearl?
Answer: (12/13/2009)
To see if she has been raised with proper religious standards.



Question: (11/27/2009)
How does Hester act when she returns to prison?
Answer: (1/11/2010)
She had an anxiety about her. People had to watch her so she wouldn't harm herself or the baby. They then called the doctor because of this, and the baby needing care.



Question: (11/27/2009)
What punishments would the Puritian women have given Hester Prynne if it were left to them?


Question: (11/23/2009)
what talent did hester use to support herself and pearl
Answer: (11/25/2009)
Hester used her needlework talent to support herself and Pear.



Question: (11/19/2009)
Why won’t Hester name the child’s father?
Answer: (12/1/2009)
because she want him to get into trouble. Him being high up in power would make him look bad.

Answer: (11/30/2009)
she doesnt want to destroy him


Answer: (11/22/2009)
Because the father is reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and that would make things even worse.




Question: (11/19/2009)
What discovery does Chillingworth make when Dimmesdale “fell into a deep, deep slumber”?
Answer: (11/30/2009)
that he has a mark on his chest. It is from when he cut himself. It represents his own version of wearing his scarlet letter.

Answer: (11/29/2009)
Yes to the above, or simply a symbolic "A", such as the scars from his self detriment during his vigils.

Answer: (11/22/2009)
That he had the letter "A" branded on his chest.



Question: (11/17/2009)
where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
Answer: (11/19/2009)
boston

Answer: (11/19/2009)
the prison in boston..where hester and her newborn baby Pearl live



Question: (11/16/2009)
how are the characters "diseased"


Question: (11/15/2009)
Why does Chillingworth say that he seeks no vengeance against hester?
Answer: (11/19/2009)
because he loves hester and does not want to believe that she is at fault..he wants to believe that her tempter is the problem and is the one who he must seek revenge against..DIMMESDALE!

Answer: (11/17/2009)
He believes he is partially to blame for her actions due to his old age, physical deformities, and quest for other things in life than just loving her.



Question: (11/15/2009)
AT WHAT POINT ARE YOU CERTAIN THAT CHILLINGWORTH IS HESTER'S HUSBAND?
Answer: (11/24/2009)
in chapter 3




Question: (11/15/2009)
WHY DOES HESTER AT FIRST RESIST CHILLINGWORTH'S ATTEMPTS TO GIVE THE BABY MEDICINE?
Answer: (11/17/2009)
She believes it to be poison.



Question: (11/14/2009)
What kind of spectacle have the townspeople of Boston gathered to witness?
Answer: (11/17/2009)
the public punishment of Hester Prynne. Her standing on the scaffold with the Scarlet Letter.



Question: (11/11/2009)
who is anne hutchinson
Answer: (11/15/2009)
an adultris




Question: (11/11/2009)
What is the relationship between religion and law in Puritan New England?
Answer: (11/18/2009)
they're identical

Answer: (11/12/2009)
religion was the law



Question: (11/10/2009)
how does the rosebush seem to contradict everything else in the setting?
Answer: (11/16/2009)
because everything is grey and gloomy and the scarlet letter is like the rose it stands out.




Question: (11/2/2009)
What 2 possible symbols does the rose have for the reader?
Answer: (11/19/2009)
beauty and love

Answer: (11/11/2009)
hope and life

Answer: (11/11/2009)
happniess and love

Answer: (11/9/2009)
a bird and rose-bush

Answer: (11/5/2009)
hope and life

Answer: (11/4/2009)
the beauty of as prisoner went in,and the criticism of them as they get out.



Question: (11/2/2009)
cite three specific images that suggest the decline in importance of the Custom House.


Question: (10/29/2009)
what are the symbol for the rose
Answer: (10/31/2009)
beauty upon ugliness



Question: (10/28/2009)
for what 2 "practical necessities" did the new colony set aside land?
Answer: (10/31/2009)
cemetary and jail



Question: (10/27/2009)
What is Hawthorne's point comparing Hester's and Dimmesdales reactions to their sins?


Question: (10/27/2009)
How is Pearls wild and antil-social behavior explained
Answer: (10/31/2009)
she is the devils child



Question: (10/27/2009)
desribe dimmesdale's health
Answer: (10/31/2009)
very sickly deteriating health

Answer: (10/29/2009)
he is sick



Question: (10/27/2009)
What symbolic meaning could the sunlight have in the scarlette letter
Answer: (10/31/2009)
exposure of sins

Answer: (10/28/2009)
the sunlight represents the truth



Question: (10/26/2009)
where does dimmesdale hold his vigils?
Answer: (10/31/2009)
on the scaffold

Answer: (10/31/2009)
his chest



Question: (10/25/2009)
Describe the changes in Hester's appearance and temperment wrought by the scarlet token
Answer: (11/5/2009)
old




Question: (10/25/2009)
what has Hester's A come to mean to many of the townspeople?
Answer: (11/29/2009)
angel, able, adultress

Answer: (10/31/2009)
able

Answer: (10/31/2009)
able



Question: (10/18/2009)
Read Hester’s description of Chillingworth carefully. How does she feel about him?
Answer: (11/5/2009)
she hates him

Answer: (10/31/2009)
she dislikes him greatly and never loved him

Answer: (10/30/2009)
shes afraid

Answer: (10/28/2009)
scared

Answer: (10/22/2009)
pity




Question: (10/18/2009)
what does pearl see in chillingworth?
Answer: (12/7/2009)
evil

Answer: (10/22/2009)
evil

Answer: (10/19/2009)
evil



Question: (10/15/2009)
how are the magistrates convinced to let hester keep pearl?
Answer: (10/22/2009)
so hester can teach pearl the consequences of sins

Answer: (10/22/2009)
dimmesdale


Answer: (10/19/2009)
b/c pearl explains that she doesnt have a father

Answer: (10/18/2009)
Dimmesdale convinces them. Pages 100-103 Chapter 8.



Question: (10/15/2009)
what is the link that binds hester to dimmesdale
Answer: (10/18/2009)
pearl



Question: (10/15/2009)
What is Dimmesdale’s decision in response to Hester’s plea that they leave the colony?
Answer: (10/25/2009)
he agrees



Question: (10/7/2009)
why do people allow hester to sew for them?
Answer: (10/25/2009)
she is attempting to better herself, by making money and getting that cottage. she just can't work on clothes for marraiges.

Answer: (10/18/2009)
If you mean important or wealthy people, it is because she is the only one with a talent in sowing such delicate and gorgeous garments, for example her combinations of colors while every one else had sombre hues in their clothing!

Answer: (10/18/2009)
to make money


Answer: (10/14/2009)
because she does GREAT needlework, although she is not allowed to do wedding dresses

Answer: (10/11/2009)
cuz she makes pretty clothes :)

Answer: (10/11/2009)
because she is love with her husband

Answer: (10/8/2009)
Because she is good at it. And there morality is hypocritical as they allow her to do great work but they shun her at the same time.



Question: (10/7/2009)
in chapter 5 how do the townspeople treat hester and how does she react?
Answer: (10/25/2009)
they don't really like her, they know she is there but don't really care anymore.

Answer: (10/14/2009)
they treat her with much disrespect



Question: (10/7/2009)
what is implied in chillingworth's last line, "no, not thine"? in chapter 4.
Answer: (10/25/2009)
he is saying that he is not trying to prove the ruin of Hester's soul, but that he is after the soul of her child's father

Answer: (10/14/2009)
He means that he won't cause pain for Hester and exact his revenge on her. He will exact his revenge on her lover.



Question: (10/7/2009)
What does Chillingworth do as Dimmesdale is sleeping? How does he react to his discovery?
Answer: (10/14/2009)
he rips off his shirt to find a scarlet A

Answer: (10/12/2009)
chillingworth takes off Dimmesdale's shirt and reacts to what he sees with astonishment and realization



Question: (10/4/2009)
Describe the scene with Hester and Pearl in the sunlight. What symbolic meaning could the sunlight have? Why does sunlight shine on Pearl and not on Hester?
Answer: (10/7/2009)
the sunlight could shine only on Pearl because she hasn't committed any sins

Answer: (10/5/2009)
Its pretty



Question: (10/1/2009)
Why does the jailer call a doctor?
Answer: (10/7/2009)
to make sure hester and pearl dont die

Answer: (10/5/2009)
to cure hester and he baby



Question: (10/1/2009)
what does misdtress hibbins accuse dimmesdale of?
Answer: (10/28/2009)
SHe accuses him of sinning with Hestor.



Question: (9/30/2009)
what further impressions of dimmesdale do you get from the way he speaks on the occasion of hester's visit to governor bellinghams mansion?


Question: (9/30/2009)
who is mistress hibbins?
Answer: (11/18/2009)
the govenerns sister and the towns witch.

Answer: (10/19/2009)
Mistress Hibbins represents sin and temptation. She is the town witch and Gov. Bellingham's sister. She spends her time in the forest and is associated with the black man.

Answer: (10/15/2009)
the witch

Answer: (10/6/2009)
the governors sister thats a witch



Question: (9/30/2009)
what clues does hawthorne provide as to the identity of pearl's father?
Answer: (10/19/2009)
Chillingworth suspects Dimmesdale. One night, he sees something on Dimmesdale's chest that is horrifying and wonderful. This is referring to a letter 'A' on his chest.



Question: (9/30/2009)
how does pearl amuse herself?
Answer: (10/13/2009)
she plays with aspects of nature and is a wild girl. She enjoys teasing others, especially her mother for having the scarlet Letter (she however does not understand what it means )


Answer: (10/12/2009)
she plays with aspects of nature and is a wild girl. She enjoys teasing others, especially her mother for having the scarlet Letter (she however does not understand what it means )



Question: (9/30/2009)
what does the servant think the letter represents?
Answer: (10/6/2009)
angel



Question: (9/30/2009)
why does hester visit the governors house?
Answer: (10/19/2009)
So she can return a glove and try to keep Pearl.

Answer: (10/12/2009)
to give him a glove and also to inquire about the rumor that hester and her daughter are to be separated from one another.



Question: (9/30/2009)
how does pearl's behavior seem abnormal or unatural? what facts may account for this?


Question: (9/30/2009)
when chillingworth confronts hester, what explanation does he offer for her downfall?


Question: (9/30/2009)
what facts do you learn about hester's previous life? what was the nature of her relationship with the man "well stricken in years?"


Question: (9/30/2009)
Where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
Answer: (1/11/2010)
boston

Answer: (10/14/2009)
outside the jail

Answer: (10/8/2009)
The courtroom



Question: (9/30/2009)
why does hester never take off the scarlet letter?
Answer: (10/5/2009)
Its a sign of her guilt and she is proud of it. She is not ashamed of her history, she prefers to show it off.



Question: (9/29/2009)
What "general symbol" has hester become?
Answer: (10/12/2009)
sin then able

Answer: (9/30/2009)
sin and then able



Question: (9/29/2009)
what specifically is dimmesdales plea to hester?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
reveal the secret so that person may be relieved of is guilt



Question: (9/28/2009)
What secret does Chillingworth ask Hester to keep?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
his identity as her husband

Answer: (9/29/2009)
his identity

Answer: (9/29/2009)
His identity



Question: (9/28/2009)
what do the women say should be hesters punishment
Answer: (9/30/2009)
branding and death

Answer: (9/29/2009)
death sentence




Question: (9/28/2009)
It doesn't say who Anne Hutchinson is in the first chapter...
Answer: (10/12/2009)
she was exiled from puritan society only to find a new state. She and her family were killed by natives

Answer: (9/30/2009)
she was our "first" female preacher



Question: (9/28/2009)
what are hester prynnes 2 symbols of guilt and what page is it on
Answer: (9/30/2009)
Pearl and the scarlet letter



Question: (9/24/2009)
WHAT REACTION DOES PEARL HAVE TO CHILLINGWORTH WHEN SHE SEES HIM WITH REV. DIMMESDALE?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
she calls him the Blackman

Answer: (9/28/2009)
she thinks chillingsworth took him



Question: (9/24/2009)
When Mistress Hibbens offers to introduce Dimmesdale to “yonder potentate you wot of,” to whom is she referring?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
Pearl



Question: (9/23/2009)
How does Hester act when she returns to prison?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
in shock

Answer: (9/29/2009)
Distressed; upset



Question: (9/20/2009)
who must get hester to repent and tell of her companion sinner?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
dimmesdale

Answer: (9/23/2009)
Dimmesdale

Answer: (9/22/2009)
govenor bellingham



Question: (9/17/2009)
1. To whom in the colony does Chillingworth attach himself as a medical advisor?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
dimmesdale

Answer: (9/28/2009)
dimmesdale

Answer: (9/28/2009)
dimmesdale

Answer: (9/23/2009)
dimmesdale



Question: (9/16/2009)
how does hester behave towards the magistrates
Answer: (9/30/2009)
she ignores them

Answer: (9/29/2009)
she ignores them and dislikes them




Question: (9/16/2009)
How are the Purtians of Boston first portrayed?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
very harsh and judgemental



Question: (9/15/2009)
what did Hester intend to do about the effect Chillingworth was having on dimmesdale
Answer: (9/30/2009)
reveal the truth

Answer: (9/24/2009)
tell dimmesdale who chillingworth really was



Question: (9/15/2009)
where in the colony does the opening chapter take place?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
boston, in front of the prison

Answer: (9/29/2009)
The prison door, duh

Answer: (9/24/2009)
boston



Question: (9/13/2009)
In chapter 2 of The Scarlett Letter what does the flashback reveal about Hester's past?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
she had a good upbringing but never loved or pretended to love chillingsworth



Question: (9/10/2009)
What general symbol has Hester become?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
sin and, then later, ability

Answer: (9/29/2009)
Sin among the wealthy, Able among the regular class

Answer: (9/22/2009)
Adultery


Answer: (9/17/2009)
A: adultery

Answer: (9/13/2009)
Sin



Question: (9/8/2009)
what colony is the setting for teh scarlet letter?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
boston

Answer: (9/10/2009)
boston massachusetts



Question: (9/7/2009)
How does Hawthorne evoke sympathy for chillingworth?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
in the early chapters, he is portrayed as a decent man. in the middle chapters he realizes he has become evil and is horrified. at the end, he leaves Pearl a wealthy heiress



Question: (9/7/2009)
How did the poor, the ladies of Boston, the clergy, and the children treat Hester?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
with disdain- even as they tolerated her, she was always on the outside

Answer: (9/29/2009)
they hated her, but slowly theire passion grew for her.

Answer: (9/16/2009)
the townspeopl shun hester and ignored. they openly verbally abuse her and told there children to do the same thing.



Question: (9/6/2009)
Cite passages that indicate the isolation of the 3 major characters” Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth?
Answer: (9/10/2009)
hester says hello



Question: (9/4/2009)
who are the other visitors at the governors house?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
rev. john wilson, dimmesdale, chillingworth, and the Gov

Answer: (9/28/2009)
John Wilson Reverned Arthur Dimmesdale Roger Chillingworth



Question: (9/2/2009)
For what 2 practical necessities did the new colony set aside land?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
prisons and cemeteries

Answer: (9/10/2009)
1. prison
2. graveyard



Question: (9/2/2009)
what does the flashback reveal about Hesters past?


Question: (9/2/2009)
what is the relationship between religion and law inpuritan new england
Answer: (9/30/2009)
live by the bible- one is the other

Answer: (9/15/2009)
they are the same they live by their the same



Question: (8/31/2009)
what does the stranger in the crowd vow?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
"He will be known!!"

Answer: (9/3/2009)
to uncover the mystery of the child's father



Question: (8/30/2009)
why does chillingworth wish prevent dimmesdale from mounting the scaffold
Answer: (9/30/2009)
By mounting the scaffold, Dimmesdale will tell the truth and be set free. He will escape Chillingworth's revenge.

Answer: (9/29/2009)
he dosent want him to let out his guilt. he wants him to suffer more.



Question: (8/26/2009)
how are the puritans of boston first portrayed
Answer: (10/12/2009)
as dark and almost lifeless human beings with little vibrancy yet full of hypocrisy



Question: (8/23/2009)
why does dimmesdale leave the church pale and walking haltingly?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
overcome with guilt



Question: (8/23/2009)
By the end of Chapter 12, the reader has experienced two incidents of "the scaffold." What happened in both the first and second experience, and why is each experience crucial to the novel as it has unfolded?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
scaffold represents truth - neither time was the truth revealed in full - the consequence is that lives are destroyed and torn apart

Answer: (9/29/2009)
The first hester is pot on the scaffold to punish her sin. the second Dimesdale goes up to get rid of his sin voluntaraly.



Question: (8/23/2009)
who dies in the night of vigil in the scarlet letter?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
Gov. Winthrop



Question: (8/20/2009)
What does hester's daughter look like?
Answer: (9/30/2009)
beautiful, with dark hair- elf child - she is full of life- beautiful beyond words

Answer: (9/30/2009)
she is beautiful with black hair, an amazing complection, and beautiful eyes.

Answer: (8/26/2009)
elf child



Question: (8/12/2009)
why does chillingworth think he has a double reason for punishing dimmesdale
Answer: (9/30/2009)
Dimmesdale has committed the worst sin of the three of them - ironically, Dimmesdale feels the same about Chillingworth



Question: (8/10/2009)
what was chapter one about?
Answer: (9/3/2009)
The townspeople standing around a prison where a young adulterer is being judged by her actions

Answer: (8/30/2009)
it was about the prison door and it being built by a grave yard



Question: (8/3/2009)
when does hester receive the scarlet letter from the black man?
Answer: (9/14/2009)
she doesnt recieve it...she makes it during her stay in the prison

Answer: (8/11/2009)
the day she sins, the day she commits adultery




Question: (7/2/2009)
Name 3 crimes and the punishments that the Puritans might witness.
Answer: (10/22/2009)
witchcraft, adultery, murder


Answer: (10/14/2009)
witches is one crime



Question: (6/24/2009)
Why does Hester not leave the colony?
Answer: (10/8/2009)
He feels guilty

Answer: (9/30/2009)
Ultimately, she still loves Dimmesdale, but she tells herself it is to purge her sin

Answer: (8/26/2009)
she doesn't want to leave Pearl's father

Answer: (8/15/2009)
She feels because that is where she committed her sin, she must stay there and live amongst those who know of it as punishment

Answer: (8/12/2009)
Hester says thatthe touture of daily shame will at length purge her soul.

Answer: (8/10/2009)
he doesn't like it



Question: (6/23/2009)
What does Dimmesdale symbolize?
Answer: (10/6/2009)
A hypocrite

Answer: (8/17/2009)
Secret Sinner



Question: (6/14/2009)
Describe Hester`s home
Answer: (10/8/2009)
It overlooks a beautiful sea with fish and children swimming in it

Answer: (8/12/2009)
It stands on the shore, looking across a basin of the sea at the sea at the forest covered hills, towards the west.



Question: (6/11/2009)
why the puritan community asked hester to give her child up to them?


Question: (6/8/2009)
What two opposing views do the townspeople hold about Roger Chillingworth?
Answer: (8/20/2009)
That he can help Dimmesdale with his sickness. But at the same time they think he is a evil man.

Answer: (6/11/2009)
lost or died



Question: (6/6/2009)
Why won't hester name the childs father?
Answer: (10/18/2009)
because she wants to be with him and do not want him to get punished,she loves him

Answer: (9/1/2009)
Because she is attached to him. She may be in love with him & doesn't want him to stand up there & get the punishment.

Answer: (6/23/2009)
to leave us suspense



Comments:

Bria (11/2/2009)
Pearl means of great price.


happenstanced (10/23/2009)
the wall; It's not about the book. The book is not the point. It's about what you learn from critiquing the book. It's about critical thinking. This is critical to your future. Have an English teacher critique what you wrote and posted here. Therein lies your answer to why the easy way is not the right way and to cheat is only cheating yourself. Believe it or not one day, down the road, someone will mention, in your presents, something about "The Scarlet Letter" and you may have something to contribute to the conversation. And it may be the love of your life. Get busy!


the wall (10/19/2009)
all of you that say "look in the book thats were youll find the answers" I dont care maybe I do want to cheat,Maybe I Do want the easy way. But what does it matter Im Never going to need to know anything about the scarlet letter or its boring plot and adultering characters.


A high school English teacher (10/12/2009)
Thank you very much for posting these questions. I really appreciate it. For those of you wanting the answers (and I looked for them myself on this site), look in the book. I know, it's redundant. But if you have to reread the chapter, reread it. So many times we look for the easy (a.k.a. lazy) way out. I did. That's why I'm here. But, like you, I'll have to go back through the chapters for the answers. Too many students are looking for the internet to do their homework for them (I run into it daily). Do the work. At some point in your life you're going to have to. If you need help studying for a test, call a classmate. Or, I know this sounds crazy, but ask...your...teacher... Part of what we get paid for is helping you with our material.


MG79887 (10/7/2009)
Really this isn't for a grade in my class its just for our benefit so the teacher says we have to find it all. I have a test next week and don't have any idea if some of my answers are right and some I couldn't find. If you know where the answers are please reply if not don't try being my parent. You dont know my situation so don't try to say I am using it to cheat because yes I understand it only hurts me.


Kkaa (10/7/2009)
I also need the answers and i have read the book so whoever is saying "read the book" well i already have but this is graded on accuracy so i'd like an answer that is easy to get 2 instead of wasting hours looking up each answer. would be awesome if someone could answer them.


A visitor by happenstance (10/6/2009)
My young friends, if you’re the "student" that wants answers posted for you, have an upcoming test, need answers, would love to "have" the answers, want too seriously get some answers and/or want to find all the answers, the answers lie not in the works of others: the answers lie within the works of "you". Skimming by on what other people do will make you weak. Not physically weak yet, intellectually. Do not allow yourself to be taught "what" to think buy seeking the answers of the those that have done the work. Do the work and the research yourself and teach yourselves "how" to think. Don't be the snail riding on the back of the turtle.


Kelly (9/12/2009)
I agree with those who say that the answers are in the book. Those who are posting "recall" questions are not reading the book. They just can't have read the book and not know the answers to these questions. The questions are even sorted by chapter, so just go back and look on those pages! Ask for help with deeper questions, not ones that are checking to see if you have read the book...which you probably haven't!


meg (8/24/2009)
dont be rude if they need help they need help dont be on the site if you not gonna help


Sarah (8/10/2009)
Seriously, all the answers are in the book. DO THE READING. This is just a study guide; it doesn't have answers because you're supposed to know them from the reading


Shego (4/22/2009)
All the answers are in the book! I've already filled it out.


Allen (3/24/2009)
Where can I find the answers? IN THE BOOK!! READ THE BOOK.


honey (3/11/2009)
if someone could post the answers that would be great k thanks


Jawanaman (3/11/2009)
I have a test tomorrow and would very much so like some answers to numbers every question thank you


spiffy guy (3/11/2009)
i need answers


mpls (3/10/2009)
I'd LOVE the answers.


J-dog (3/8/2009)
yeah seriously can i get some answers?


noelle (3/8/2009)
where can i find all the answers to this study guide?


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