1. Who wrote” The Scarlet Letter”?

2. What’s the Romanian word for “scarlet”?

3. What is the genre of this work?

4. What is the historical context in” The Scarlet Letter”?

5. What is the point of view? (narrative technique)

6. State the setting time and place.

7. Who is the protagonist of the novel?

8. Who is the antagonist?

9. What’s the plot?

10. What are the themes?

11. What are the symbols in the novel?

12. Explain the title.

13. Who is Arthur Dimmesdale?

14. Who is Pearl?

15. Who is Chillingworth?

16. Name some Puritan basic beliefs.

17. What is the significance of the letter “A”?

18. How does the novel end?

19. What’s Dimmesdale’s guilt?

20. What’s Chillingworth’s guilt?

21.How many times does the scaffold appear in the novel? What
does it symbolize?

22. Describe Hester.

23. Describe Dimmesdale.

24. Describe Chillingworth.

25. How many sinners are there in the novel. What are their sins?

26. What is adultery? How is adultery viewed today?

27. For what sin is Hester Payne condemned? Why did Hester cheat
her husband?

28. What is Hester’s punishment? Why wasn’t Hester sentenced to

death for her adultery?

29. Why does Hester want to keep Dimmesdale’s identity as the

father a secret?

30. In contrast, why does Dimmesdale want to keep his identiy as the
father a secret?

31. Who is the personification of evil in this novel?

32. Where and how does Dimmesdale die?