Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradi

Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables was based on the tradition of a（） produces on the author’s family when his great-grandfather was a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials.
A、prize
B、praise
C、curse
D、bless
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：本题考查的是霍桑的小说内容。霍桑的The House of the Seven Gables《有七个尖角阁楼的房子》(1851)以一个传说为基础，讲述的是当霍桑的曾祖父在塞勒姆巫术审判担任法官的时候，他的家人受到了诅咒的故事。