Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter "This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die. Is there not law for it? Truly there is, both in
the Scripture and the statute-book. Then let the magistrates, who have made it of no effect, thank themselves
if their own wives and daughters go astray!"
What part of the plot does this excerpt reveal?
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It is part of the exposition that reveals the spirituality of Puritans.
It is part of the exposition that introduces the townspeople.
It is part of the rising action that reveals public sentiment toward Hester.
It is part of the rising action that introduces a physical confrontation
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Mark this and return
Save and Exit
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SEDIE

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet