Sense and Sensibility

Which sentence from “Excerpt from Sense and Sensibility” best supports the inference that John Dashwood would not break his promise to care for his stepmother and three half-sisters?

• “Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife’s fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.”
• “He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed; but he was, in general, well respected; for he conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties.”
• “Had he married a more amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:—he might even have been made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife.”
• “But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;—more narrow-minded and selfish.”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Read this sentence:  "Had he married a more amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:—he might even have been made amiable himself.... " ---- What is the meaning of amiable as it is used in this sentence?

• conscientious
• good-natured
• intellectual
• strong-willed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on “Excerpt from Sense and Sensibility,” how were the elderly members of upper-class families treated in eighteenth-century England? 

• The elderly lived at home until infirmities caused their families to send them to nursing homes.
• The elderly lived in their homes with members of their families and were taken care of by their families. 
• The elderly lived at home with their servants and received only infrequent visits from their family members.
• The elderly lived alone in their homes with servants and paid companions providing for their needs and never saw their families.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which sentence from Sense and Sensibility supports the inference that John Dashwood might not honor his father's wishes regarding his sisters?

• "His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the interest of his mother-in-law and sisters."
• "Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he promised to do everything in his power to make them comfortable."
• "His father was rendered easy by such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudently be in his power to do for them."
• "He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed: but he was, in general, well respected; for he conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

" Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it. " ------ Based on the explanation of English inheritance laws in the passage, the use of the word moiety suggests that the inheritance from Mr. Henry Dashwood's first wife...

• would leave the family after he died.
• must be shared equally with his son.
• would be divided among his four children.
• must be passed to a male related to his surviving wife.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4