Which of the following sentences contains a double negative?
a) we could see nothing.
b) we couldn’t see anything.
c) we could hardly see anything.
d) we couldn’t hardly see anything.

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 .

i may be wrong but i think your answer is flashback