Scarlet Letter 9 - 16

Why are the townspeople so sure of Reverend Dimmesdale's devotion to his faith?

• His selfless tending to the needy

• His fast and vigils

• His public prayers

• His powerful, fire-and-brimstone sermons

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CCSS.W.11-12.9

Whom does Roger Chillingworth select as his spiritual guide?

• Hester

• Reverend Wilson

• Pearl

• Reverend Dimmesdale

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does Dimmesdale say he prefers to Chillingworth's medicines?

• Prayer

• Herbs

• Sleep

• Death

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What about DImmesdale causes the townspeople to worry about him?

• His frequent fainting spells

• His inability to remember things

• His nightmares

• His deteriorating health

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

With what does Chillingworth become obsessed with discovering?

• Conjuring the devil

• Dimmesdale's secrets

• Speaking in tongues

• Getting Hester to confess

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What does Dimmesdale say is the cause of Pearl's odd personality?

• Broken law

• Satan

• Witchcraft

• Hester's lack of maternal guidance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What interrupts Dimmesdale's and Chilligworth's intense conversation?

• Pearl's laughter

• Hester screaming

• A clap of thunder

• A rapping at the door

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What does Chillingworth suggest about the real meaning of the strange plants growing on a grave?

• That they are meant as a signal from someone who wishes Dimmesdale harm

• That the person buried in the grave held secrets in his heart

• They are poisonous and Satanic

• That their strange beauty is a result of the divine

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the congregation's opinion of Dimmesdale?

• His is a hypocrite

• He has become untrustworthy

• He is going insane

• He is a model of holiness

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Dimmesdale repeatedly resolve to do that he keeps postponing?

• Tell Hester he loves her

• Kidnap Pearl and leave town

• Kill himself

• Publicly confess his sins

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3