3. Mitchel’s announcement felt like a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky.

Question

What does the simile show about Mitchel’s announcement?
A) It was important.
B) It was surprising.
C) It was amusing.
D) It was foolish.

4. The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she could not use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further, and he continued: “My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly—which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness. Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!) on this subject; and it was but the very Saturday night before I left Hunsford—between our pools at quadrille, while Mrs. Jenkinson was arranging Miss de Bourgh’s footstool, that she said, ‘Mr. Collins, you must marry. A clergyman like you must marry. Choose properly, choose a gentlewoman for my sake; and for your own, let her be an active, useful sort of person, not brought up high, but able to make a small income go a good way. This is my advice. Find such a woman as soon as you can, bring her to Hunsford, and I will visit her."
How does the author establish the narrative point of view in this excerpt?
A) by using the pronouns my and I in the excerpt
B) by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
C) by using the pronouns you and your in the excerpt
D) by describing Mr. Collins’s feelings toward Elizabeth

5. Everything in Lelechka’s nursery was bright, pretty, and cheerful. Lelechka’s sweet voice charmed her mother. Lelechka was a delightful child. There was no other such child, there never had been, and there never would be. Lelechka’s mother, Serafima Aleksandrovna, was sure of that. Lelechka’s eyes were dark and large, her cheeks were rosy, her lips were made for kisses and for laughter. But it was not these charms in Lelechka that gave her mother the keenest joy. Lelechka was her mother’s only child. That was why every movement of Lelechka’s bewitched her mother. It was great bliss to hold Lelechka on her knees and to fondle her; to feel the little girl in her arms—a thing as lively and as bright as a little bird. To tell the truth, Serafima Aleksandrovna felt happy only in the nursery. She felt cold with her husband. Perhaps it was because he himself loved the cold—he loved to drink cold water, and to breathe cold air. He was always fresh and cool, with a frigid smile, and wherever he passed cold currents seemed to move in the air. The Nesletyevs, Sergey Modestovich and Serafima Aleksandrovna, had married without love or calculation, because it was the accepted thing. He was a young man of thirty-five, she a young woman of twenty-five; both were of the same circle and well brought up; he was expected to take a wife, and the time had come for her to take a husband.
Which point of view is established in this narrative?
A) second person
B) first person
C) third person limited
D) third person omniscient

Answer 1

3. Mitchel’s announcement felt like a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky.
   B) It was surprising.
   The simile compares Mitchel's announcement to a sudden and unexpected event, suggesting that it caught people off guard, just as lightning would in clear weather.

4. How does the author establish the narrative point of view in this excerpt?
   B) by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
   The narrative perspective is shaped by revealing Elizabeth's internal reactions to Mr. Collins's speech, indicating a focus on her viewpoint.

5. Which point of view is established in this narrative?
   C) third person limited
   The narrative primarily focuses on Serafima Aleksandrovna's thoughts and feelings about Lelechka, allowing us to see her perspective while not delving into the inner thoughts of other characters, such as her husband.