Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-15

(Chapter 11) What does Dimmesdale repeatedly resolve to do that he keeps postponing?

• Kidnap Pearl and leave town

• Kill himself

• Publicly confess his sin

• Tell Hester he loves her

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(Chapter 12) What does Dimmesdale do when he climbs up on the scaffold in the dead of night?

• Prays

• Pulls out all of its nails

• Screams

• Hangs himself

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(Chapter 12) What natural phenomenon do Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl all observe together?

• An earthquake

• An eclipse

• A whirlwind

• A meteor

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(Chapter 13) The townspeople now believe that the scarlet letter stood for ...

• Angel

• Adultery

• Active

• Able

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(Chapter 15) Pearl connects the scarlet letter with...

• Hester living alone by the sea

• Her father who must be in heaven

• Chillingworth's cruelty

• Dimmesdale placing his hand over his heart

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Ironically, while Dimmesdale's health worsens, what is happening to his sermons?

• They are more powerful and the people worship him.

• They are getting worse and the people feel sorry for him.

• They are more powerful but the people have suspicions about him.

• Nothing is happening with his sermons.

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What are two things Dimmesdale does to secretly punish himself?

• Fast and whip himself

• Whip himself and pray constantly

• Fast and not sleep

• Poke himself and not sleep

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What were people beginning to think of Hester?

• They were beginning to think she was a witch as well as a sinner.
• They were beginning to recognize her as a person instead of as just a sinner.
• They were beginning to think she was "born bad."
• They were beginning to suspect that she had had an affair with Rev. Dimmesdale.

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Where had Mr. Wilson, Hester, Pearl and Roger Chillingworth been that night, that they would all be walking by the scaffolding at midnight?

• In the forest
• At the church
• At the governor's deathbed
• At Dimmesdale's special meeting

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What "sign" did the meteor make in the sky?

• A crucifix
• An A
• A frown
• A pitchfork

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