What does the Black Man and his book represent?

What does the letter "A" symbolize?

"It straggled onward into the mystery of the PRIMEVAL forest."

The word primeval in this sentence most closely means:
A. Scary
B. Great
C. Small
D. Old

Who said:

"Once in my life I met the Black Man! This scarlet letter is his mark!"

According to Hester in Chapter 16, where does she tell Pearl she got the scarlet letter?

A. From the Dark Man.
B. From Mistress Hibbins.
C. From the Dark Reverend.
D. From the Black Man.

In the symbolism catagory of light and dark, which character is light and which character is dark?

Dimmesdales two sides represent his connection with light and dark. What are these two sides?

"He looked haggard and feeble, and betrayed a nerveless DESPONDENCY in his air, which had never so remarkably characterised him in his walks about the settlement, nor in any other situation where he deemed himself liable to notice."

The word despondency

Who said:

"...the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself...Stand you here and let me run and catch it..."

Where does Dimmesdale hold his hand often throughout the novel?

A. In his pocket.
B. Over his eyes.
C. Clutching the Bible.
D. Over his heart.

The forest/nature is described as wild, life-gushing, mysterious, beautiful, gloomy, etc. Which character do these descriptions also match?

What does the forest represent?

"All these giant trees and boulders of granite seemed intent on making a mystery of the course of this small brook; fearing, perhaps, that, with its never-ceasing LOQUACITY, it should whisper tales out of the heart of the old forest whence it flowed, or m

Who said:

"...But if it be the Black Man, wilt thou not let me stay a moment, and look at him, with his big book under his arm?"

When Pearl repeatedly asks Hester what the letter stands for, what does Hester tell her? (Chapter 15)

A. She says it is a witch's mark.
B. She says it stands for Adultry
C. She does not give an answer.
D. She says it stands for Able.

While walking through the forest, it is decribed as a chilly gloom. What does this symbolize?

The "Moral Wilderness" that Hester has been forced to follow the past 7 years is most represented by what?

"But the little stream would not be comforted, and still kept telling its unintelligible secret of some very mournful mystery that had happened - or making a PROPHETIC lamentation about something that was yet to happen - within the verge of the dismal for

Who said:

"...and thou shalt tease me as thou wilt another time."

What was the point of Hester and Pearl's "Forest Walk"

A. To find Dimmesdale
B. To find the Black Man
C. To walk in silent greif
D. To examine the beauty of their surroundings

Pearl mentions how sad this object is in chapter 16. It symbolizes the natures sadness over Hester, Dimmesdale, and Pearl's situtation. What is this object?

The brook symbolizes the separation of the couple (Hester and Dimmesdale) and Pearl with Pearl being on the opposite side. Pearl gets upset because Hester doesn't have her "A" on and she doesn't cross to the other side of the brook until Hester does what?

"There was no other attribute that so much impressed her with a sense of new and untransmitted vigour in Pearl's nature, as this never falling vivacity of spirits: she had not the disease of sadness, which almost all children, in these latter days, inheri

Who said:

"Oh, brook! Oh, foolish and tiresome little brook!"

What is Pearls "A" made out of?

A. Weeds
B. Sunlight
C. Eel Grass
D. Flowers from a marigold flower