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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?

A
It is part of the exposition that reveals the spirituality of Puritans.
B
It is part of the exposition that introduces the townspeople.
C
It is part of the rising action that reveals public sentiment toward Hester.
D
It is part of the rising action that introduces a physical confrontation.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.But, on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush, covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A
Puritans plant a rosebush near the prison to comfort criminals.
B
The rosebush is more beautiful and fragile than anything else near the prison.
C
The rosebush is nature’s offering to those who must enter or leave the prison.
D
Puritans believe that criminals deserve a view of beauty from their cells.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house, somewhere in the vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old church-yard of King's Chapel.What is the meaning of this excerpt?

A
The prison and cemetery were built early, with the cemetery expanding in size from its original plot.
B
The prison was built near Cornhill, and the cemetery was built on an important man’s property.
C
Just as Puritans gathered at the prison, they also gathered at the cemetery and the church.
D
The forefathers of Boston chose the two most famous landmarks: the prison and the cemetery.
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Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter involves the narrator?

A
The narrator offers the reader a rose.
B
The narrator touches the jail door.
C
The narrator hears the beadle’s call.
D
The narrator removes a weed from the lawn.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.Which best describes the effect of the words “ugly,” “overgrown,” “pig-weed,” and “unsightly vegetation”?

A
They impart an angry mood.
B
They impart a mysterious mood.
C
They establish a rural, agricultural setting.
D
They establish a rough, untamed setting.
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Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after Hester appears in front of the crowd?

A
Onlookers react to the beadle’s cruelty.
B
Onlookers react to the innocence of the baby.
C
Onlookers react to Hester’s embroidered letter.
D
Onlookers react to Hester’s humility.

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