The Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-15 Quiz

That Chillingworth is her husband

She asks him to leave Dimmesdale alone and allow his punishment to be chosen by God; Chillingworth says he can't change it anymore because that's fate.

Chillingworth develops sympathy and admiration when Hester asks if she can pardon Dimmesdale and then changes her mind and suggests he go ahead and kill Dimmesdale.

<p>Hester admits her sin and accepts punishment; Dimmesdale hides his sin, which consumes him; Chillingworth seeks revenge but suffers for it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The grass and flowers turn black and die.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;Be it sin or no, I hate the man&quot;.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester is mad at the fact that she can't even think about their happy, married life; she only sees him as a monster now.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Her true sin was marrying Chillingworth out of convenience and not love; it's considered worse because her decision doesn't make her satisfied with her marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pearl played with her own image in a pool of water, made boats out of birch-bark, put a jellyfish to melt in the sun, threw pebbles at birds, and made a costume out of seaweed that forms a green letter 'A'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pearl says it's the same reason the minister keeps his hand over his heart.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester realizes her repentance can never be complete until Pearl knows who she is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester says she wears it because of the gold thread.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester is falling towards evil since the 'A' represents a guardian spirit that has sensed some sin creeping into it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He plans to exact his revenge and becomes a cruel, calculating man and takes every opportunity he can to hurt him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Once Chillingworth discovers that Dimmesdale is the father, he begins to torment him. Dimmesdale does not realize that Chillingworth is the husband of Hester, but still feels like he is being haunted by Chillingworth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he is too focused on himself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>On the inside, he is tormenting himself for the public sins which he condemns. This is making him appear sicker, and the people think he is a martyr and is just getting closer with God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Some were scholars who have spent more time connected with God. - Were men of harder texture of mind and bigger understanding. - True saintly fathers.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tongue of Flame.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They think he's practically a saint.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The more he asserts his guilt, the more holy he appears to the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Whether grass would grow on it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Publicly confess his sin (to say he is a pollution and a lie).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The adoration which the congregation affords the minister disturbs him all the more because he 'loved the truth and loathed the lie'. Thus, the effect of his confessions wears more heavily upon him than his secret sin has done.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He tortures himself physically: Whips himself, fasts, and holds extended vigils in which he stays awake through the night.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He had visions of a group of shining angels, dead childhood friends, mother and father, Hester and Pearl (Pearl is pointing at the scarlet letter and then at Dimmesdale's chest).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The anguish of his inmost soul.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester had to publicly stand on the scaffold for her sin, while Dimmesdale does it as a way of furthering his inner torment. When sin is kept as a secret, it poisons the soul and makes Dimmesdale do things that are publicly occurring to Hester.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To the scaffold because he feels he will have more peace with himself if he stands at the place of atonement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He will be unable to move in the morning because he has become so stiff.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scarlet token.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Screams.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dimmesdale shrieks out of horror that his guilt is exposed to the view of the universe.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Even though it is not a public confession, he is finally confessing to himself, which is a step toward self-forgiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The whole town will awake and find Dimmesdale there and witness his guilt; no.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An old magistrate and Mistress Hibbins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr.Wilson.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'A good evening to you, venerable Father Wilson. Come up hither, I pray you, and pass a pleasant hour with me.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester and Pearl.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At Governor Winthrop's death bed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>His death shroud.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stand on the scaffold with him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If he would stand hand in hand with her and Hester on the scaffold in front of everyone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says that he will another day, on Judgement Day—Dimmesdale hides behind religion to evade Pearl's invitation to escape from his secrets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pearl is giving him a chance to admit the truth. It also shows us how weak Dimmesdale is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A meteor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are on the scaffold while Chillingworth is approaching it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It's an example of cosmic irony. Dimmesdale sees the meteoric 'A' as confirmation that he should also wear a mark of shame while the rest of the town thinks it stands for Angel. The meteor also marks Governor Winthrop's entrance into Heaven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Harbingers foretelling a coming disaster.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'A'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is filled with a new energy as they hold hands. He feels life pouring into him once more.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roger Chillingworth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He asks who that man is and also tells Hester he hates him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She just whispers gibberish in his ear. This is her answer as a punishment for declining to stand with her and Hester.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was worried Dimmesdale wouldn't get enough sleep for the sermon tomorrow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>His black glove; he assumes that the devil put it there as a cruel joke.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dimmesdale lies and says no.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dimmesdale interprets that shape to indicate that Heaven has taken notice of his guilt. The townspeople interpret the 'A' to stand for 'Angel' for Governor Winthrop's entrance into Heaven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She doesn't yet trust him since he won't stand on the scaffold with them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was shocked and upset at the condition of him; she feels she must get close to him, but must be careful about it; she feels a responsibility towards Dimmesdale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Seven years old.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It means the Puritans are much kinder to her than they used to be.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hester is more highly regarded now than she was before since it's been seven years and she served her punishment gracefully; they see her more for her charity works instead of her sin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Goes about her work without complaint; they respect her for it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The calling of Hester.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Able.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She would lay her finger on the scarlet letter and move on; they were fine with it (Hawthorne wonders if this is pride or being humble).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Most people have forgiven Hester and now consider her a part of the community. They are proud instead of ashamed. The older members are less forgiving and stick to their beliefs. Leaders are civil law versus the general is moral law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An Indian's arrow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Originally, it represented her sin and caused her to be an outcast. Now, it acts more as a cross (like a nun would wear) giving her a sacredness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Donated to the poor. - Helped the sick.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She loses the essential womanly quality—her rich hair is hidden, her clothes are plain, she seems cold and passionless, doesn't care about what's right or wrong in society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thought.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It shows she lost all hope for the future and lost love for Dimmesdale. This has taken away a lot of her beauty and what made her so vital and young.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The people who question society the most are confronted the most. They would rather criticize society rather than do something about it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She would have been a founder of a religious sect, like Ann Hutchinson.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Even the happiest woman don't have it very good.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is designed to remind Hester of her sin, but she criticizes society instead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She resolves to talk to Chillingworth and get him to stop torturing Dimmesdale (break her promise with Chillingworth).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>At an isolated part of the peninsula near the seashore.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Played in the water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gathering herbs and roots for medical usage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Letting Hester take off the 'A'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is not their place to remove it, but if she was no longer for it that it would fall off on its own or change into something.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The devil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chillingworth says Hester really had no choice but to keep silent. If Chillingworth spoke out and said Dimmesdale is the father, Dimmesdale would've been sentenced to death; Hester said it would have been better to just let Dimmesdale die at that point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>So Dimmesdale can suffer longer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dimmesdale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ul> <li>Sinners should be punished because it's the law. - He wants revenge on Dimmesdale.</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chillingworth states Dimmesdale has increased the debt with suffering. No matter what he does he damns himself in Chillingworth's eyes. Claims that Hester and Dimmesdale don't have sin and he is not evil. Predestination is already determined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is the reason Chillingworth has turned into a fiend.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chillingworth does not directly answer Hester's question.</p> Signup and view all the answers