Question

select the best evidence to support the statement \mrs. kearney was an accomplished pianist.\ there may be more than one correct choice.

miss devlin had become mrs. kearney out of spite. she had been educated in a high - class convent, where she had learned french and music. as she was naturally pale and unbending in manner she made few friends at school. when she came to the age of marriage she was sent out to many houses where her ivory manners were much admired. she sat amid the chilly circle after playing, waiting for some suitor to brave it and offer her a brilliant life. but the young men whom she met were ordinary and she gave them no encouragement, trying to console her romantic desires by eating a great deal of turkish delight in secret. however, when she drew near the limit and her friends began to loosen their tongues about her, she silenced them by marrying mr. kearney, who was a bootmaker on ormond quay.

adapted from james joyce, dubliners

Explanation:

To support "Mrs. Kearney was an accomplished pianist", we look for text showing her musical ability. The sentence "She had been educated in a high - class convent, where she had learned French and music" and "She sat amid the chilly circle after playing, waiting for some suitor to brave it and offer her a brilliant life" are relevant. The first tells us she learned music (which includes piano likely, given the context of being a pianist), and the second shows she played (implying skill in playing, like piano).

Answer:

• "She had been educated in a high - class convent, where she had learned French and music."
• "She sat amid the chilly circle after playing, waiting for some suitor to brave it and offer her a brilliant life."