Please Check my answers for Chapter 16 of the scarlet letter
The narrator hints in the first paragraph that
A.Hester's sin is not unique in the community
B.The minister is concerned about causing a scandal
c.Any interference from Chillingworth would be cleverly concealed
D.The minister's reputation has begun to suffer.
E.Hester knows that she and the minister will not truly have privacy outdoors
I choose E
The subject of the main clause in the sentence beginning "But, partly that she dreaded...." is
a.She
b.Heart
c.the minister and she
d. they
e. Hester
I chose E
In the context of the paragraph, Hester would most likely describe Pearl as
A. Inquisitive and morose
B. rebellious and spiteful
C. Imaginative and compassionate
D. Creative and obedient
E. Enigmatic and energetic
Its either A or E
The antecedent of "this" in "There was no other attribute that so much impressed her with a sense of new and untransmitted vigor in Pearl’s nature, as this never-failing vivacity of spirits; she had not the disease of sadness, which almost all children, in these latter days, inherit, with the scrofula, from the troubles of their ancestors. Perhaps this too was a disease, and but the reflex of the wild energy with which Hester had fought against her sorrows, before Pearl’s birth."
A.Vigor
B.Vivacity
C.Sadness
D.Scrofula
E.Troubles
I choose C
In the contest, the word"wanted" in "She wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, and thus humanize and make her capable of sympathy." is understood to mean
A.lacked
B.needed
C.sought
D.Desired
E. Longed for
I chose D
This sentence "But there was time enough yet for little Pearl!" is most likely an example of
A.Allusion
B.Antithesis
C.Foreshadowing
D,Irony
E,Symbolism
I say that it is C
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