Test II: Chapters 6-15

Question 1

scholarly; learned

Answer 1

erudite

Question 2

changefulness; variability

Answer 2

mutability

Question 3

commanding; urgent

Answer 3

imperious

Question 4

simplicity; plainness

Answer 4

austerity

Question 5

harmful; deadly

Answer 5

deleterious

Question 6

offered as argument or proof

Answer 6

adduced

Question 7

slumberous; sleep-inducing

Answer 7

somniferous

Question 8

liveliness; spirit

Answer 8

vivacity

Question 9

by chance; potentially

Answer 9

peradventure

Question 10

hostile; unfriendly

Answer 10

inimical

Question 11

atonement; satisfaction

Answer 11

expiation

Question 12

false; illusory

Answer 12

delusive

Question 13

addressed; approached purposefully

Answer 13

accosted

Question 14

used; employed

Answer 14

plied

Question 15

convenience; suitability

Answer 15

commodiousness

Question 16

name; title

Answer 16

appellation

Question 17

marked; signified

Answer 17

stigmatized

Question 18

existent; not lost

Answer 18

extant

Question 19

difficult to understand

Answer 19

abstruse

Question 20

receives; absorbs

Answer 20

imbibes

Question 21

contains a tapestry depicting “the story of David and Bathsheba, and Nathan the Prophet”

Answer 21

Dimmesdale’s lodging

Question 22

“…gave him sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind; so that his heart vibrated in unison with theirs…”

Answer 22

Dimmesdale’s guilt

Question 23

associated with a bird

Answer 23

Pearl

Question 24

Accosts Hester on her way from the Governor’s Hall

Answer 24

Mistress Hibbins

Question 25

A physician recently returned from captivity among Native Americans

Answer 25

Roger Chillingworth

Question 26

Associated with the Devil

Answer 26

the Black Man

Question 27

Appears on Reverend Dimmesdale's chest

Answer 27

a scarlett letter

Question 28

"... a very majestic and imposing structure, fashionably designed, with an ornate stucco wall decorated with shining shards of broken glass."

Answer 28

the Governor's hall

Question 29

Where the minister stands his vigil

Answer 29

the pillory scaffold

Question 30

Where Pearl finds "the image of a little maid, whom Pearl, having no other playmate, invited to take her hand and run a race with her."

Answer 30

a tidal pool

Question 31

found on the pillory scaffold in the morning

Answer 31

a black glove

Question 32

The "untrue man"

Answer 32

Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

Question 33

Associated with the Kingdom of Heaven

Answer 33

Pearl

Question 34

This character "cannot catch little Pearl!"

Answer 34

the Black Man

Question 35

replicated by Pearl out of green eel-grass

Answer 35

a scarlett letter