Entertaining chapters are often

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 .

in the section of speech is not

see explanation.

explanation:

1. buoyant: happy and confident (e)

2. euphoric: in a state of great happiness (a)

3. jubilant: having a feeling of great happiness and excitement (b)

4. rapturous: feeling or expressing great joy (d)

*note that the difference in 1-4 can be shown by signal words such as "in a state of" for the term "euphoric," as "euphoric" would describe a state of euphoria.

5. untroubled: calm and tranquil (c)

6. cajole: to talk coaxingly and flatteringly (i)

7. harangue: to express oneself at considerable length (h)

8. quibble: to evade the truth of the point at issue by arguing over trifles (g)

9. whine: to complain in a childish, fretful manner and in a nasal tone (j)

10. rant: to talk bombastically (f)