5.The word which is closest in meaning to the word italicized reluctant is: a. Hesitant      b. Jovial       c. Unwilling    d.  Desirous
The candle flame danced in the dark room.
a. Repetition       b. Personification    c. Simile       d. Metaphor

5. A

6. Personification

Explanation:

5. Hesitant is the closest as the word hesitant means that a person is "not sure" when doing a certain action.

6. The candle flame was given human attribute which is "danced" therefore it is personification.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .