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3. Characters-100 ANSWER: She is punished for her sin of adultery
QUESTION: Who is Hester?

4. Characters-200 ANSWER: He was captured by Indians.
QUESTION: Who is Chillingworth?

5. Characters -500 ANSWER: He is the young minister of the parish.
QUESTION: Who is Dimmesdale?

6. Characters-400 ANSWER: He is the older clergyman of the parish.
QUESTION: Who is John Wilson?

7. Characters-500 ANSWER: She invites Hester to join her in the forest.
QUESTION: Who is Mistress Hibbins?

8. Key Events-100
ANSWER: This is how long Hester is in the town without her husband.
QUESTION: What is two years?

9. Key Events -200
ANSWER: This is Hester’s punishment for committing adultery.
QUESTION: What is having to wear the Scarlet Letter and stand on the scaffold for three hours?

10. Key Events-300
ANSWER: This is the only garment Hester is not allowed to sew.
QUESTION: What is a bridal veil?

11. Key Events-400
ANSWER: This is why Hester goes to visit Governor Bellingham.
QUESTION: What is to deliver his gloves and to plead to keep Pearl?

12. Key Events -500
ANSWER: This is what Hester sees reflected in the suit of armor at the Governor’s house.
QUESTION: What is her Scarlet Letter?

13. Literary Devices-100 ANSWER: This is the setting of the story
QUESTION: What is Boston?

14. Literary Devices -200 ANSWER: This is how Hester can be characterized.
QUESTION: What is as strong, brave, independent?

15. Literary Devices -300 ANSWER: This is Chillingworth’s motivation.
QUESTION: What is to discover the identity of Pearl’s father and get revenge?

16. Literary Device -400 ANSWER: This is Dimmesdale’s inner conflict.
QUESTION: What is whether to confess that he is Pearl’s father or not?

17. Literary Device -500
ANSWER: Pearl wears a red dress with gold thread and is a living reminder of Hester’s sin.
QUESTION: What is symbolism?

18. Quotes -100 ANSWER: “Pearl, can you tell me, my child, who made you?”
QUESTION: Who is John Wilson?

19. Quotes -200
ANSWER: “Will you promise to take hold of my hand, and my mother’s hand, tomorrow at noon?”
QUESTION: Who is Pearl?

20. Quotes -300
ANSWER: “Was I not a kind and good person? Now look at me. I have become evil.”
QUESTION: Who is Chillingworth?

21. Quotes -400
ANSWER: “It’s not up to them to take off this letter. If I deserved to be rid of it, it would fall away by itself.”
QUESTION: Who is Hester?

22. Quotes -500 ANSWER: “You are to blame for this! I cannot forgive you!”
QUESTION: Who is Dimmesdale?

23. Potpourri -100
ANSWER: He convinces the governor to allow Hester to keep Pearl
QUESTION: Who is Dimmesdale?

24. Potpourri -200
ANSWER: This is how Chillingworth becomes Dimmesdale’s doctor.
QUESTION: What is the townspeople and elders convince Dimmesdale he needs to get well for their sake?

25. Potpourri -300 ANSWER: This is where Dimmesdale goes at night.
QUESTION: Where is the scaffold?

26. Potpourri -400
ANSWER: This is where Hester and Dimmesdale plan to run away to.
QUESTION: What is England?

27. Potpourri -500
ANSWER: This is what happens to Chillingworth at the end.
QUESTION: What is he shrivels up and dies, leaving a fortune to Pearl?

28. FINAL JEOPARDY
ANSWER: Provide three reasons to identify “A” as a symbol in The Scarlet Letter?
QUESTION: What is:
1. It represents Hester’s sin of adultery.
2. It does represent Hester as a strong, independent female.
3. It represents the governing power of the Puritan theocracy.