English - Lesson 5: The Ambitious Guest

Question 1

Who was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer?

Answer 1

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 2

What are the focus of his works?

Answer 2

history, morality, religion

Question 3

When and where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?

Answer 3

born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts

Question 4

What was Nathaniel Hawthorne best known for?

Answer 4

best known for The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851).

Question 5

What style is the focus of his psychological which he used to illustrate themes of sin, guilt, and hypocrisy?

Answer 5

Dark Romantic style

Question 6

What is an ambition?

Answer 6

It is an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment.

Question 7

What is the theme of “The Ambitious Guest?”

Answer 7

the universality of human ambitions and the vanity (self-centeredness) of these human ambitions filled with conceit