Be it so, if you will. But, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful if not a desperate man, did he become, from the night of that fearful dream. On the Sabbath-day, when the congregation were singing a holy psalm, he could not listen, because an anthem of sin rushed loudly upon his ear, and drowned all the blessed strain.
Questions:
A. Identify the title of the story from which this part is taken.
B. Why does Brown become stern, sad, and distrustful?
C. What does "that fearful dream" refer to?
【正确答案】：A.Hawthorne; Young Goodman Brown.
B.Because he is never able to believe in goodness or piety again.
C."That fearful dream"refers to a witches' party wwhere he saw many prominent people of the village and the church.
