Question

read the following passage from chapter 8 mary shelleys frankenstein.
\a thousand times rather would i have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to justine, but i was absent when it was comitted, and such a declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me.\
using context clues, what is the meaning of \ascribed\ in the above passage?
○ taken
○ thrown
○ written
○ assigned

Explanation:

In the passage, the crime is attributed to Justine by others (since the narrator was absent). "Ascribed" means to attribute a quality or action to someone, which matches "assigned" in this context—both imply the crime was given to Justine. The other options (taken, thrown, written) do not fit the meaning of attributing responsibility.

Answer:

assigned