Young Goodman Brown Caught Ya Lesson 14
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(1) "A grave, and dark-clad company," says Goodman Brown.
(2) They were such. (3) Among them, quivering to and fro between gloom and splendor,
appearred faces that would be seen next day at the council board of the province, and others which, Sabbath
after Sabbath, looked devoutly heavenward, and benignantly over the crowded pews, from the holiest
pulpits in the land. (4) Some affirm that the lady of the governor was there. (5) At least there was high
dames well known to her, and wives of honored husbands, and widows, a great multitude, and ancient
maidens, all of excellent repute, and fair young girls, who trembled lest their mothers should espy them.
(6) Goodman Brown, recognizing a score of the famous church members of Salem Village famous for their
especial sanctity, either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled him. (7)
Good old Deacon Gookin had arrived. (8) He waited at the skirts of that venerable saint, his revered pastor.
(9) But, irreverently consorting with these grave reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church,
these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame,
wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes. (10) It was strange to
see that the good shrinked not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints. (11) Scattered
also among their pale-faced enemies were the Indian priests, or powwows, who had often scared their
native forest with more hideous incantations than any known to english witchcraft.
1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
A
Remove the comma after company
B
Add a comma after clad
C
Remove the comma after grave
D
Make no change
2. What transition word or phrase should be placed at the beginning of sentence 2?
A
In truth
B
Instead
C
So
D
But
3. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
A
Change council to counsel
B
Change appearred to appeared
C
Change splendor to splender
D
Make no change
4. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
A
Change wives to wifes
B
Change was to were
C
Remove the comma after young girls
D
Make no change
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”
Based on “Caught Ya” lessons by Jane Bell Kiester
Young Goodman Brown Caught Ya Lesson 14
5. What is the best way to rewrite sentence 6?
A
Goodman Brown recognized a score of the church members of Salem Village famous for their especial
sanctity; either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled him.
B
Either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled Goodman Brown or he
recognized a score of the church members of Salem Village famous for their especial sanctity.
C
Goodman Brown recognized a score of the church members of Salem Village famous for their especial
sanctity or either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled him.
D
Either the sudden gleams of light flashing over the obscure field bedazzled Goodman Brown, or he
recognized a score of the church members of Salem Village famous for their especial sanctity.
6. What is the best way to combine sentences 7 and 8?
A
Good old Deacon Gookin had arrived, and waited at the skirts of that venerable saint, his revered pastor.
B
Good old Deacon Gookin had arrived and waiting at the skirts of that venerable saint was his revered pastor.
C
Waiting at the skirts of good old Deacon Gookin upon arrival was his revered pastor.
D
Goold old Deacon Gooking had arrived; waited at the skirts of that venerable saint, his revered pastor.
7. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?
A
Remove the comma after fame
B
Remove the comma after But
C
Add a comma after grave
D
Make no change
8. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
A
Change shrinked to shrank
B
Remove the comma after wicked
C
Change were to was
D
Make no change
9. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?
A
Change pale-faced to palefaced
B
Change Indian to indian
C
Change english to English
D
Make no change
Definitions – Try to define these words using context clues. The words are bold in the passage. You may use a
dictionary if needed.
10. clad –
17. consorting –
14. sanctity –
11. devoutly –
18. dissolute –
15. bedazzled –
12. repute –
19. abashed 16. irreverently –
13. espy –
Literary device – Write an example from the passage for each of the following. If you do not know the meaning of
the device, look it up in the dictionary or use your green sheets.
20. situational irony – something happens in this passage that is the opposite of what the reader thought
would happen. What does YGB see?
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”
Based on “Caught Ya” lessons by Jane Bell Kiester