Name: ___________________________________________ Scarlet Letter, Quiz 2 chapters 7-13

Chapter 7

1. The leaders of the town thought it might be better if they took Pearl away from Hester. What were the two
reasons they gave for this?
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2. Governor Bellingham had a bond servant. Explain what a bondservant is and how a person became one.
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Chapter 8

3. When Mr. Wilson asked Pearl, “Canst thou tell me, child, who made thee?” How does Pearle answer? How
does the Governor react?
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4. Rewrite this quote in your own words, who was Pearle comforting? Why do you think she chose to act this
way toward him? Why was Hester surprised?

“Pearl, that wild and flight little elf, stole softly towards him, and taking his hand in the grasp of both of her own,
laid her cheek against it; a caress so tender, and withal so unobtrusive that her mother, who was looking on, asked
herself, “Is that my Pearl?”
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Chapter 9

5. Who said this? Why did he/she say it? Who was he/she talking to?

“I could be well content that my labors, and my sorrows, and my sins, and my pains, should shortly end with me,
and what is earthly of them be buried in my grave, and the spiritual should go with me to my eternal state, rather
than that you should put your skill to the proof in my health.”
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6. Some of the people in town were very happy that Chillingsworth was around to help Dimmesdale, other
people did not like him at all. What were some of the reasons for dislike given by the people who did not like
Chillingsworth?
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Chapter 10

7. What does Chillingsworth think is Dimmesdale’s real problem?

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8. How does Dimmesdale react when Chillingsworth tells him what he thinks the problem is?
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9. How did Chillingsworth react after he opened up Dimmesdale’s shirt? Why did he react that way?
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Chapter 11

10. Give a synomym or an explanation of the underlined word in the following sentences:

A: “He became, thenceforth, not a spectator only, but a chief actor in the poor minister’s interior world.”
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B: “It was inconceivable, the agony with which this public veneration tortured him!”
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Chapter 12

11. How long had it been since Hester Prynne had been punished on the scaffold? ________________________

12. Why were Mr. Wilson, Hester and Chillingsworth out in the night when Dimmesdale went to the scaffold?
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13.What does Pearl ask Dimmesdale to do while they are on the scaffold? How does he answer?
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Chapter 13

13. Over the years, the people in town started to look at Hester differently; instead of the Scarlet Letter standing
for ‘Adultery’, they say it now stands for ‘Able’ what made them change their minds?
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14. In the end Hester made a decision to do something- what did she decide to do?
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