The Scarlet Letter

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1、TheScarletLetterStudyQuestions1.DiscusstherelationshipbetweenthescarletletterandHester’sidentity.Whydoessherepeatedlyrefusetostopwearingtheletter?Whatisthedifferencebetweentheidentityshecreatesforherselfandtheidentitysocietyassignstoher?2.Discussthefunctionofphysicalsettingi

2、n TheScarletLetter. Whatistherelationshipbetweenthebook’seventsandthelocationsinwhichtheseeventstakeplace?Dothingshappenintheforestthatcouldnothappeninthetown?Whatabouttimeofday?3.DescribeChillingworth’s“revenge.”WhydoeshechoosetotortureDimmesdaleandHesterwhenhecouldsimplyre

3、vealthatheisHester’shusband?Whatdoesthisimplyaboutjustice?Aboutevil?II.Quiz1.InwhatcenturyisthestoryofHesterPrynneset?(A)Thesixteenthcentury(B)Theseventeenthcentury(C)Theeighteenthcentury(D)Thenineteenthcentury2.Whatistheoccupationofthenarratorofthisstory?(A)Attorney(B)Minis

4、ter(C)Landsurveyor(D)Customsofficer3.WheredoHesterandChillingworthlivebeforecomingtoAmerica?(A)Amsterdam(B)Paris(C)Edinburgh(D)Jamaica4.WithwhomhasChillingworthbeenlivingbeforeheappearsinBoston?(A)AnotherbandofPuritans(B)NativeAmericans(C)SpanishsettlersinFlorida(D)Canadianf

5、urtrappers5.WhatissituatedimmediatelyoutsidethedooroftheprisoninwhichHesteriskept?(A)Arosebush(B)Apinetree(C)Agallows(D)Agraveyard6.Whatiteminthegovernor’smansionshowsHesteradistortedreflectionofherself?(A)Anantiquemirror(B)Asuitofarmor(C)Astained-glasswindow(D)Thegovernor’s

6、eyeglasses7.WhichofthefollowingisamethodDimmesdaleusestopunishhimselfforhissins?(A)Scourgingorwhipping(B)Fasting(C)Vigils(extendedperiodsofwakefulnessand/orprayer)(D)Alloftheabove8.InwhatcitydoHesterandPearllive?(A)Salem(B)Providence(C)Boston(D)Hartford9.WhoisMistressHibbins

7、?(A)Thegovernor’ssister(B)Hester’smother(C)Dimmesdale’saunt(D)Chillingworth’ssecondwife10.HowdoesMistressHibbinseventuallydie?(A)SheisstrangledbyChillingworth.(B)Shewastesawayinadiphtheriaepidemic.(C)Sheisexecutedpubliclyasawitch.(D)Pearlputsahexonher.11.HowdoesHestersupport

8、herselffinancially?(A)Asaprostitute(B)Asaseamstress(C)Asanurse(D)Asafarmhan