Test yourself on The Scarlet Letter: 30 quiz questions with the answer explained, and 40 flashcards on the characters, places, themes and turning points. Free, no sign-up.
What connects the narrator to Salem?
What grows beside the prison entrance?
What does Hester carry when she emerges from prison?
What does the stranger signal Hester to do?
What does Hester refuse to tell the ministers?
What relationship does Chillingworth reveal in prison?
What does Chillingworth make Hester promise?
How does Hester support herself and Pearl?
Why does Hester name her daughter Pearl?
Why does Hester visit Governor Bellingham's mansion?
Who persuades Bellingham to leave Pearl with Hester?
How does Chillingworth gain close access to Dimmesdale?
What does Chillingworth do while Dimmesdale sleeps?
How does the congregation respond to Dimmesdale's suffering?
What request from Pearl does Dimmesdale refuse on the nighttime scaffold?
What meaning do many townspeople give Hester's badge after her charity?
What does Chillingworth admit during Hester's confrontation?
What does Pearl make from eelgrass?
Why does Hester take Pearl into the forest?
What does Hester reveal to Dimmesdale in the woods?
What does Dimmesdale decide during the forest meeting?
What must Hester do before Pearl will approach her?
How does Pearl respond to Dimmesdale's forest kiss?
Where do Hester and Dimmesdale plan to sail?
What does Dimmesdale do with his unfinished Election Sermon?
What news from the shipmaster threatens Hester's escape?
How does Dimmesdale's manner in the procession affect Hester?
What does Dimmesdale do after his celebrated sermon?
Who receives Chillingworth's property after his death?
What does Hester do when she returns after years away?
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