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Scarlet Letter ~ Ch 13-15

DUE MONDAY


Questions -- answer the following in complete sentences:


Chapter 13: “Another View of Hester”

  1. How old is Pearl in this chapter?
  2. How has the townspeople’s view changed toward Hester?
  3. What does the “A” now stand for?
  4. How has Hester’s appearance changed?
  5. What does Hester resolve to do?

Chapter 14: “Hester and the Physician”

  1. How has Roger Chillingworth changed in the past seven years?
  2. What does Hester want Chillingworth to do?
  3. What revelation is Hester going to make to Reverend Dimmesdale.
  4. What effect has Chillingworth had on Dimmesdale? Quote a line to support your answer.

Chapter 15: “Hester and Pearl ”

  1. Read Hester’s description of Chillingworth carefully. How does she feel about him?
  2. What questions does Pearl ask her mother?
  3. Why does this trouble Hester?

Vocabulary (page numbers refer to the Modern Library edition) – For each of the following, provide the original sentence (cited), the Webster’s definition, and your own sentence, making sure that the meaning of the word is clear:

  1. irksomeness (145)
  2. deportment (147)
  3. benevolence (147)
  4. propensity (147)
  5. transfiguration (148)
  6. insurmountable (150)
  7. acquiescing (151)
  8. derisively (153)
  9. propinquity (155)
  10. deleterious (159)
  11. petulant (163)
  12. precocity (163)

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