The Scarlet Letter Study Guide
Chapters 4-5
“The Interview”
1. What was wrong with Hester when she returned to prison?
2. What “physician” does the jailor bring in to see Hester?
3. What does the jailor mean by, “there lacks little, that I should take in hand to
drive Satan out of her with stripes?”
4. How did Chillingworth gain his medical knowledge?
5. What does Hester accuse Chillingworth of putting in the medicine he gives her?
6. How did Hester feel about him when they were married?
7. What does Chillingworth say about his vengeance against her?
8. What does Chillingworth say about finding out the identity of Pearl’s father?
9. What secret does Chillingworth tell Hester to keep?
10. What does Hester mean when she references the “Black Man?”
