When the minister spoke from the pulpit, with power and fervid eloquence, and, with his hands on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion, and of saint-like lives and triumphant deaths, and of future bliss of misery unutterable, then did Goodman Brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.

Questions:

A. Identify the title of the short story from which this part is taken.

B. What had happened in the story before this church scene?

C. Why was Goodman Brown afraid the roof might thunder down?

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