Based on the excerpt, the most accurate conclusion is that "Tituba told her story with enthusiasm." The text describes her as a "satanic Scheherazade," suggesting that she was masterful and persuasive in her storytelling. It highlights her vivid and compelling descriptions, indicating that she was engaged and animated in her account. There is no evidence in the excerpt that Tituba was amused by Hathorne's questions, that she hurt the Parris girls, or that she was terrified of the devil.
Read the following text from an article. This excerpt is about Tituba and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Who was it, demanded Hathorne, who tortured the poor girls? "The devil, for all I know," Tituba rejoined before she began describing him, to a hushed room. She introduced a full, malevolent cast, their animal accomplices and various superpowers. A sort of satanic Scheherazade, she was masterful and gloriously persuasive. Only the day before, a tall, white-haired man in a dark serge coat had appeared. . . . Had the man appeared to her in any other guise? asked Hathorne. Here Tituba made clear that she must have been the life of the corn-pounding, pea-shelling Parris kitchen. She submitted a vivid, lurid and harebrained report. More than anyone else, she propelled America's infamous witch hunt forward, supplying its imagery and determining its shape.
From Stacy Schiff, "Unraveling the Many Mysteries of Tituba, the Star Witness of the Salem Witch Trials." Copyright 2015 by Smithsonian Institution
Based on this excerpt, what can you conclude about Tituba and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
tituba was amused by hathorne's questions.
tituba was the one who hurt the Parris girls.
tituba was terrified of the devil.
tituba told her story with enthusiasm.
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