Question 1

From the narrator's description in the opening of the passage, she is clearly

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filled with much more anxiety than she cares to admit

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distracted and unable to consider her challenging plight

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overstating the difficulties of her situation

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desolate and sees no positives about her current situation

Question 2

In line 5 of the passage, the word "benefit" most nearly means

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give money to

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comfort

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ease

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profit

Question 3

Miss Marchmont's second cousin is described

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unsympathetically

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warmly

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vaguely

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indifferently

Question 4

The last six lines of the excerpt present a narrator who

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reject's society's view about what she should do next

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looks to wallow in self-pity after a heart-wrenching loss

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is secure in knowing her future accommodations

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is determined to succeed no matter what the challenges

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