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Juniors ~ Scarlet Letter (Ch 5-8)

CHAPTERS 5-8

As before, for each word, include the sentence from book (cited), the definition (from Websters), and your own sentence.

*VOCAB & QUESTIONS DUE FRIDAY*

1. annihilate
2. inscrutable
3. assimilations
4. martyrdom
5. plebeian
6. superfluous
7. repugnance
8. ignominious
9. venerable
10. talisman
11. mutability
12. despondency
13. inviolable
14. phantasmagoric
15. imperious
16. dauntless
17. tome
18. expatiating
19. plumage
20. unwonted

Please respond to each of the following using complete sentences and MLA citation when needed:

1. Give at least TWO reasons why Hester does not leave the colony.
2. Describe Hester’s home (and location).
3. Name one thing Hester sews (for someone else) and one thing she's not allowed to sew.
4. What special knowledge does Hester feel the Scarlet Letter gives her?
5. Why did Hester name her child “Pearl”?
6. Describe Pearl. What do the townspeople think of her?
7. Name TWO reasons Hester visits Governor Bellingham.
8. How can Bellingham be considered a hypocrite?
9. Why does John Wilson question Pearl, and what does he ask her?
10.Who stops Hester as she leaves the mansion?




*Ch 5-8 QUIZ on FRIDAY*
*VOCAB TEST MONDAY Ch 1-8*

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