In this story, an old man says, “Don’t kill me with laughing!” before the title character says of his wife, “It would break her dear little heart; and I’d rather break my own!” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this story whose title character encounters a man with a snake-like staff. This story’s title character sees the pink ribbon of his wife Faith and loses his trust in his congregation after imagining a Satanic ceremony.
ANSWER: “Young Goodman Brown”
[10e] This American author of “Young Goodman Brown” wrote about Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter.
ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne
[10h] This character titles another story by Hawthorne in which he wants a man to leave him to die after they fight together in Lovell’s Fight. That story titled for this character ends as Reuben Borne accidentally shoots his son Cyrus.
ANSWER: Roger Malvin [or Roger Malvin; accept “Roger Malvin’s Burial”]
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