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Language Arts 11 A- TIVA 20-21 CPIS21 / The Gothic Americans
5. What shocking plot event sets the stage for the novel's climax?
Mistress Hibbins explains that Dimmesdale does an excellent job hiding his sin.
The sea captain tells Hester that Chillingworth will also board the ship to Bristol.
Dimmesdale delivers his final sermon before his departure with Hester and Pearl.
The Indians circling Hester believe she is a person of great importance.

The sea captain tells Hester that Chillingworth will also board the ship to Bristol.

Explanation:

In the book, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a woman named Hester is tried for adultery because she had a child yet her husband had not arrived in Boston yet. The husband actually did make it and called himself Chillingworth.

Hester and the father of her child, Dimmesdale, plan to escape Boston and when Chillingworth head about this he bought a ticket on the same ship to Bristol. This set the stage for the climax with Dimmesdale confessing his crime of adultery and dying.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.