Question

question #1
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read the question carefully and select the best answer.
which sentence from the excerpt shows that mrs. mallard is a sensible person?
a. \she did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance.\
b. \she sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.\
c. \there was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.\
d. \when she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips.\
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question #2
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what is most closely the meaning of delicious breath as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 5)?
\she could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring of life. the delicious breath of rain was in the air. in the street below a peddler was crying his wares. the notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.\
a. a smell that is pleasing
b. an overbearing heaviness
c. a welcome sense of relief
d. an appetite for tasty food
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Explanation:

Question #1

Option A shows that Mrs. Mallard is not reacting hysterically like "many women" but is processing the news in her own way, indicating a level of sensibility. Options B focuses on her physical posture and sobs, which is more about immediate emotional release. Option C is about an undefined "something" coming to her, not directly related to sensibility. Option D is about a whispered word, which is too vague to show sensibility.

The context is about the air having the "delicious breath of rain". "Breath" here is a metaphor for a smell. "Delicious" implies it is pleasing. Option B "overbearing heaviness" is the opposite of what the positive "delicious" suggests. Option C "welcome sense of relief" doesn't fit the literal description of something in the air. Option D "appetite for tasty food" is too literal and not related to the air/rain context.

Answer:

A. "She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance."

Question #2