Quotation marks are used to set off direct quotations the titles of books the names of chapters the names of cities the titles of paintings the titles of songs, articles, and short stories

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 .

to convince americans of the importance of others.