Chapters11 - 12: Group Reading Quiz
In a group of three or four, discuss each of the following questions and then write down thorough answers, using examples and quotations from the novel.
1. What happens to Rev. Dimmesdale's preaching as he feels more and more guilty about his unconfessed sin?
2. Carefully analyze the scene on the scaffold. Discuss the following issues: why is Dimmesdale up there? how does it compare to the first scaffolding scene? reflect on the interactions between Dimmesdale and Pearl, what does this scene reveal about Pearl? what does it reveal about Dimmesdale? analyze the foil between Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale.