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Chapter 11: “The Interior of a Heart”
1. What effect does Reverend Dimmesdale’s guilt have upon his popularity in the colony?
2. What practices does Dimmesdale begin as a result of his guilt?
3. This chapter begins by discussing the last chapter. Explain the end of the last chapter using quotes. What do
YOU think Chillingworth saw? Was there something there on Dimmesdale?
4. This chapter ends with Arthur doing what?
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Chapter 12: “The Minister’s Vigil”
1. What is a vigil?
2. Where does Dimmesdale hold his vigil?
3. Why are Hester and Pearl out at midnight?
4. What promise does Dimmesdale refuse to make to Pearl?
5. What does the minister see in the sky? Looking through that paragraph, is Hawthorne clear that what
Dimmesdale saw was definitely what was in the sky? Why or why not?
6. This chapter ends in the next day. What happens at the end of this chapter?
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Chapter 13: “Another View of Hester”
1. How old is Pearl in this chapter?
2. How has the townspeople’s view changed toward Hester?
3. How has Hester’s appearance changed?
4. What does the "A" stand for at the beginning of the novel and what does it stand for now?
5. As the chapter continues, we get a description of Hester that is quite different from the first few
paragraphs. Explain the difference.
6. "The scarlet letter had not done its office."
a. Explain this. The scarlet letter has caused Hester to question things rather than merely accept them.
How has the scarlet letter NOT WORKED?
7. What does Hester now think of Dimmesdale? Why? Can you blame her?
8. Who does Hester see at the end of the chapter? What are her plans for him?