Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen."My dear Mr. Bennet,” replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.”"Is that his design in settling here?”"Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.”"I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party.”"My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be any thing extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”
Answer
A
Mr. Bennet’s compliments to his wife create a reflective mood.
B
Mr. Bennet’s joking responses to his wife create a humorous mood.
C
Mr. Bennet’s inability to understand his wife creates a sympathetic mood.
D
Mr. Bennet’s lack of seriousness with his wife creates a tense mood.