Biography - Ben Franklin by Hawthorne

Question 1

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer 1

• Born in Salem, Massachusetts
• Troubled by dark Puritan past
• Spent years in seclusion, perfecting his writing
• Met writers: Emerson, Thoreau, Melville
• Wrote “Twice-Told Tables,” “The Scarlet Letter,” etc.

Question 2

vocabulary

Answer 2

• sagacious-adj.-wise, sage, perceptive
• ecstasy-n.-delight, elation, excitement
• disapprobation-n.-disapproval, displeasure
• perturbation-n.-worry, agitation
• expediency-n.-usefulness, benefit, convenience