Sense and Sensibility

The tone of the passage is best described as

• scathingly ironic

• subtly moralizing

• playfully satiric

• strongly sentimental

• darkly comic

The narrator presents Mrs. Jennings as all of the following EXCEPT

• confident

• selfless

• enthusiastic

• meddlesome

• manipulative

The statements "It must be so" (line 21) and "It would be an excellent match" (lines 21-22) express the beliefs of

• the narrator

• Mrs. Jennings

• Colonel Brandon

• Mrs. Dashwood

• Marianne Dashwood

Lines 21-23 ("It would...handsome") evaluate marriage in terms of

• romantic passion

• personal fulfillment

• domestic habits

• superficial considerations

• ethical obligations

Lines 23-27 ("Mrs. Jennings...girl") suggest that Mrs. Jennings is motivated by both

• personal interest and general principle

• material gain and social convention

• emotional need and intellectual vanity

• romantic idealism and mundane pragmatism

• private ambition and moral duty

In context, "indifferent" (line 33) is best interpreted to mean

• inconsistent

• unbiased

• apathetic

• insignificant

• moderate

It can be inferred from lines 35-39 ("she hardly...bachelor") that Marianne primarily considers Mrs. Jennings' "raillery" (line 32) to be

• impulsive

• misleading

• insensitive

• hypocritical

• old-fashioned

The references to Colonel Brandon's "advanced years" and "forlorn condition as an old bachelor" (lines 38-39) are best described as

• overstatements

• concessions

• euphemisms

• oxymorons

• archaisms

Marianne emphasizes the "absurdity" (line 45) of Mrs. Jennings' beliefs because she

• thinks that Colonel Brando is near death

• regards Mrs. Jennings as an untrustworthy busybody

• does not want to admit that she is in love with Colonel Brandon

• cannot believe that Colonel Brandon could still feel romantic love

• hopes to provoke Mrs. Jennings into soliciting Colonel Brandon's feelings directly

Elinor's response to Marianne (lines 54-58) is best described as

• respectful

• indulgent

• bemused

• condescending

• incredulous