MTYA High School Reading Practice Questions - Maine Through Year Assessment Reading - Second Year High School Exam

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Read the excerpt from Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter': 'He was small of stature, with a furrowed visage, which, as yet, could hardly be termed aged. There was a remarkable intelligence in his features, as of a person who had spent his life in study... Yet, even in his first glance, Hester Prynne recognized something sinister in his countenance.' Based on this passage, what primary character motivation is implied regarding the stranger's arrival?

To seek personal vengeance under the guise of an objective, scholarly observer To offer public forgiveness and reintegrate Hester into the Puritan community To document the social customs of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for publication To plead for mercy on behalf of the child and relieve Hester of her sentence

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To seek personal vengeance under the guise of an objective, scholarly observer

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