试题题干
（）was based on the tradition of a curse pronounced on the author's family when his great-grandfather was a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials.
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试题解析
《七个尖角阁的老宅》又名《七个尖角阁的房子》，借用家族诅咒这一古老的哥特传统，描写了品钦家族因祖上谋财害命而使后代遭到报应的故事。