Question 303 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of making themselves agreeable when they chose it, but proud and conceited. They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.
Answer
A
“They were in fact very fine ladies”
B
“not deficient in good humour when they were pleased”
C
“They were rather handsome”
D
“entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others”
Explanation
The passage describes the women as proud and conceited, and the final phrase captures their belief that they deserved to think highly of themselves and look down on others. Choice D, “entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others,” best expresses that judgment. The other choices describe their appearance or their ability to be agreeable, rather than their conceit.
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