ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Mr. Hooper is the (presumably Congregationalist) minister of Milford, Massachusetts. At the start of the story, Hooper is described as a young minister of about thirty years old.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr Hooper, a minister in the town of Milford, Connecticut, shocks his parishioners one Sunday when he turns up to deliver his sermon wearing a black veil. This veil, which is semi-transparent, largely obscures much of his face, leaving only his mouth fully visible.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hooper becomes a more efficient clergyman, gaining many converts who feel that they too are behind the black veil with him. Dying sinners call out for him alone. Mr. Hooper lives his life thus, though he is promoted to Father, until his death.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mr. Hooper had the reputation of a good preacher, but not an energetic one: he strove to win his people heavenward by mild, persuasive influences, rather than to drive them thither by the thunders of the Word.