Question

Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after the women of the crowd are introduced? The women discuss their English birth and breeding. The women discuss Hester’s sentence. The women demand that the letter be branded on Hester. The women ask the reverend to say a prayer.

Answer 1

The event that described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after the women of the crowd are introduced was that "The women discuss Hester's sentence." Onlookers reacted to Hester's embroidered letter.

Answer 2

The correct answer is "The women discuss Hester's sentence".

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance, is a work of historical fiction written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Her sentence required her to stand on the scaffold for three hours, exposed to public humiliation, and to wear the scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. Hester refuses to say the name of her father's child.