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Date:
Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne
DIRECTIONS:
Complete the following items after you finish your first read.
1.
Who is Faith?
2.
Who is Goody Cloyse, and what does Goodman Brown discover about her later in
the story?
3.
Why does Goodman Brown think that Faith is dead after he hears but does not see
her in the forest?
4.
How does the author describe Goodman Brown at the end of the story?
5.
To confirm your understanding, write a summary of “Young Goodman Brown.”
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DIRECTIONS:
Respond to these questions. Use textual evidence to support your
responses.
1.
(a) Infer Who is the character who Goodman Brown first encounters in the woods?
(b) Interpret Why is Brown surprised to hear that the man he meets knew his
father and grandfather? (c) Interpret What disreputable acts did Brown’s father
and grandfather commit?
2.
(a) Draw Conclusions Why is everyone Brown has felt reverence for at the
meeting? (b) Assess What does this say about people’s ability to avoid sin?
3.
Evaluate Is the devil’s argument that people are naturally evil a persuasive one?
4.
Criticize Consider the end of the story. Was Goodman Brown right to believe what
he saw and live the rest of his life the way he did?
What role does individualism play in American society? What
have you learned about the individual and society and their relationship by reading
this story?
5. Essential Question:
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