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1/2 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. Please answer in complete sentences for all questions asked. 

Option #1:  How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book?

Option #2: Why has Nick come to the East? How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan? 

Option #3:  Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her?  How does Daisy react to the phone calls from Tom’s woman in New York?

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11/20 CHAPTER 8

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1: Explain the Puritan attitude toward luxury and Governor Bellingham and the Reverend John Wilson responded to it.

Option #2: How do the magistrates react to Pearl and why?

Option #3:  How does Hester behave towards the magistrates and why?  

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11/19 CHAPTER 5-7 REVIEW

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1: Hester is released from prison. Why doesn't she run away to a different settlement? How did Hester support herself and Pearl?

Option #2: Describe Pearl. Describe Hester's feelings towards Pearl.

Option #3:  Why did Hester go to see Governor Bellingham? What did Hester and Pearl see in the breastplate of the armor? What is the significance of the exaggeration?

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11/16 CHAPTER 6

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  What is the significance of Pearl’s name?

Option #2: What is the significance of Pearl’s behavior?

Option #3:  Explain the ambiguity concerning Pearl’s background. Hester believes that while society punishes her for sinning, God has a different reaction. How does Hester explain Pearl’s existence?  

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11/15 CHAPTER 5

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1: How do the townspeople treat Hester? How does she react?

Option #2: How does Hester’s character evolve?

Option #3: Describe the difference between Hester’s clothing and her child’s. 

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11/14 CHAPTER 5

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  How is Hester’s emergence from the prison at the end of her confinement different from her emergence on the day she stood in public humiliation?

Option #2: What traditional dichotomy does Hawthorne begin to establish with the location of Hester’s cottage?

Option #3: Give two reasons why Hester decides to remain instead of moving to a less-restrictive colony.  

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11/13 Chapter 1-4 REVIEW

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  Identify Hester Prynne, Pearl, Rev. Mr. Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth. What emblem did Hester have to wear? Why was she sentenced to wear it?

Option #2: What information did Hester refuse to tell the officials and Mr. Dimmesdale? 

Option #3:  What was the relationship between Hester and Roger Chillingworth? What did Hester promise to Roger Chillingworth? 

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11/12 Veteran's Day NO SCHOOL

11/9 Chapter 4

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  Who does the stranger Hester recognized in the crowd that afternoon turn out to be? Why does Hester fear Chillingworth?

Option #2: Again, given the use of physiognomy in literature, what is Hawthorne suggesting by

Chillingworth’s aged, deformed appearance? Explain Chillingworth’s attitude toward Hester. 

Option #3:  What does Chillingworth intend to do and why? What does Chillingworth ask Hester to promise? Why does she agree?

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11/8 Chapter 3

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  What purpose does the conversation between the townsman and the stranger at the beginning of the chapter serve?

Option #2: Why wasn’t Hester sentenced to death for her adultery? Where has the stranger been? What motion does he make to Hester?

Option #3: Who is Dimmesdale?  

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11/7 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  What is Hester’s punishment?

Option #2: What is surprising about the “A” Hester has sewn for herself?

Option #3:  Considering the common use of physiognomy in pre-twentieth-century literature, what might Hawthorne be suggesting by portraying Hester as extremely beautiful?  What does the flashback reveal about Hester’s past?

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11/6 Chapter 2

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  What is Hawthorne saying about the Puritan women of the New World?

Option #2: For what sin is Herter Prynn condemned? What is the Old Testament punishment for adultery?

Option #3: What is the public view of Hester’s sin as expressed by the women outside the prison?

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11/5 Chapter 1

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1:  The author includes a real flower, a wild rosebush, in his description. What is the effect of this image? What does the rose symbolize?

Option #2: Ann Hutchinson was a religious leader in seventeenth-century America who attacked popular religion practices and preached for a simpler and purer religion without ministers or buildings. She was tried and banished in 1637. What is implied by suggesting that a rose might have sprung up under her footsteps?

Option #3:  What is the tone of this opening chapter?

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11/2 Chapter 1: The Prison Door

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1: Why would Hawthorne want to start The Scarlet Letter with this paragraph?

Option #2: Hawthorne writes that new towns need two public places: a cemetery and a prison. Why?

Option #3: How has the prison door changed in appearance since the town was founded? What type of message does this send?  

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11/1 Chapter 1: The Prison Door

Homework: Select and complete 1 of 3 options from below. 

Option #1: What impression comes to mind when you think of a prison door?

Option #2: What feeling does paragraph 1 give you with its description of the men and women?

Option #3:  What images are used to describe the prison door?  

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