The most accurate interpretation of the description of the door as "discreet" is that the door is quiet. This implies that the door shuts softly, perhaps without drawing attention to itself, which aligns with the overall tone of the passage where the atmosphere is somber and reflective. The other options do not fit as well with the term "discreet."
Use the passage to answer the question.
The discreet door shut with a click. She was outside on the step, gazing at the winter afternoon. Rain was falling, and with the rain it seemed the dark came too, spinning down like ashes. There was a cold bitter taste in the air, and the new-lighted lamps looked sad. Sad were the lights in the houses opposite. Dimly they burned as if regretting something. And people hurried by, hidden under their hateful umbrellas. Rosemary felt a strange pang. She pressed her muff to her breast; she wished she had the little box, too, to cling to. Of course, the car was there. She’d only to cross the pavement. But still she waited. There are moments, horrible moments in life, when one emerges from shelter and looks out, and it’s awful. One oughtn’t to give way to them. One ought to go home and have an extra-special tea. But at the very instant of thinking that, a young girl, thin, dark, shadowy—where had she come from?—was standing at Rosemary’s elbow and a voice like a sigh, almost like a sob, breathed: “Madame, may I speak to you a moment?”
In the first sentence, the author refers to the door as “discreet.” What can you determine from this description?
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The door is quiet.
The door is quiet. - no response given
The door is gaudy.
The door is gaudy. - no response given
The door is oversized.
The door is oversized. - no response given
The door is creaky.
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