Illustration of the silhouetted image of Hester Prynne with a letter "A" on her clothes

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Arthur Dimmesdale in The Scarlet Letter Quiz

How much do you know about the minister with a guilty conscience? Take the Arthur Dimmesdale quiz from eNotes to find out. Contains ten questions about this character from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

  1. What does Dimmesdale repeatedly refuse to do?

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  2. How does Dimmesdale physically punish himself?

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  3. What is Arthur Dimmesdale's profession?

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  4. Which of the following words best describes Dimmesdale?

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  5. True or False: Dimmesdale did not know Hester was a married woman

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