Question

Part A: What does this excerpt suggest Dimmesdale wants to accomplish in climbing the scaffold?

A. To begin a campaign of social reform

B. To continue a course of self-delusion

C. To feel more compassion for others

D. To relieve his feelings of guilt

Part B:

Select two quotations that support your answer to Part A.

E. Walking in the shadow of a dream, as it were

F. Black and weather-stained with the storm or sunshine of seven long years

G. Remained standing beneath the balcony of the meeting-house

H. Was it but the mockery of penitence?
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