Me answer these question. i major from someone who knows about fiction.
1. why does the governor wish to take pearl away from hester, according to chapter 8 of the scarlet letter?
a. the governor feels that hester hasn't been punished enough for her sins, so he wants to take pearl from her as further punishment.
b. he feels that hester is not fit to be her mother because she lacks morals and values.
c. children weren't allowed to be raised by single parents, so he has been instructed to take pearl from her, according to puritan law.
d. he is concerned that hester cannot afford to feed the child, so he wants to put pearl with a family that can.
2. how does the governor's house contrast and contradict the simplicity of puritan values, as described in chapter 7 of the scarlet letter?
a. hester finds the governor's house so ornate that she doesn't know how to act, which is contradictory because she has been there many times.
b. the governor's house is very simple and plain, which seems out of place for a person in such authority.
c. it seems strange that the governor has such a small home when he's the head of a colony of people.
d. it's ironic that the governor's home is so beautiful and ornate when so many puritans believed in simplicity.
3. why does the town interpret the a in the sky to stand for angel, based on chapter 12 of the scarlet letter?
a. the town sees the a as an angel who is sent to bring them penance.
b. the town believes that they're being punished for being so immoral, and an angel has come to save them.
c. they feel that an angel is watching over their town because of all the sinning that has taken place.
d. governor winthrop had died that evening, so they believe the a stands for the angel into which he was turned.
4. as stated in paragraph 1 of chapter 10 of the scarlet letter, what changes roger chillingworth over the years from a sweet man to a bitter old man?
a. he is changed by his conversion to the puritan faith.
b. chillingworth has been changed by being separated from hester.
c. his mission to discover the truth of what happened
d. he has been changed by his work.
5. what does hawthorne mean with the phrase, "the scarlet letter had not done its office" in chapter 13 of the scarlet letter?
a. the letter cripples hester with guilt.
b. rather than make hester remorseful, it causes her to oppose puritan values.
c. hester hasn't worn the letter long enough for her to feel guilty for her sins.
d. the scarlet letter doesn't make hester feel guilty for what she has done.
6. as stated in chapter 1 of the scarlet letter, why isn't hester executed for her crime?
a. she is the wife of the town minister.
b. she fights back against the men too strongly.
c. her crime isn't punishable by death.
d. she is too young and fair.
7. what lie does hester tell pearl about her scarlet letter in chapter 16 of the scarlet letter?
a. hester tells pearl that she has always worn the scarlet letter, even since birth.
b. hester tells pearl that it is the mark of the black man.
c. hester explains to pearl that it's a great honor for her to wear the letter.
d. hester tells pearl that she was selected by the town to wear the letter as a reward for being so pure.
8. what is symbolic about pearl playing in the sunlight of the forest in chapter 16 of the scarlet letter?
a. the sunlight symbolizes the light of pearl compared to the darkness of her parents and their sin.
b. the sunlight is symbolic of pearl being accepted into the light of heaven.
c. the sunlight is symbolic of the sun shining light on a new day in their lives.
d. the sunlight symbolizes that pearl is the light of hester's life.
9. what inference can the reader make as to why hester prynne's daughter would turn her head away from the daylight, based on the following passage from chapter 2 of the scarlet letter?
"she bore in her arms a child, a baby of some three months old, who winked and turned aside its little face from the too vivid light of day; because its existence, heretofore, had brought it acquainted only with the gray twilight of a dungeon, or other darksome apartment of the prison."
a. the baby didn't know how to respond to the noise from the crowd.
b. the child is too young to respond to the daylight, and is shocked when she sees it for the first time.
c. the baby, being considered an impure demon due to her scandalous birth, is rejecting the sunlight.
d. the child had been born and raised inside of the prison, so wasn't used to the bright, natural daylight.