Question
Read the passage.
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,begin italics,A group of friends has gathered for breakfast at Barton Park before spending the rest of the day as guests of Colonel Brandon, the owner of the Delaford estate. During breakfast, Colonel Brandon receives a letter with startling news.,end italics,
from ,begin bold,Sense and Sensibility,end bold,
paragraph 1,"Something very melancholy must be the matter, I am sure," said she. "I could see it in his face. Poor man! I am afraid his circumstances may be bad. The estate at Delaford was never reckoned more than two thousand a year, and his brother left everything sadly involved. I do think he must have been sent for about money matters, for what else can it be? . . . Perhaps it is about Miss Williams—and, by the by, I dare say it is, because he looked so conscious when I mentioned her. Maybe she is ill in town; nothing in the world more likely, for I have a notion she is always rather sickly. . . . Maybe his sister is worse at Avignon, and has sent for him over. His setting off in such a hurry seems very like it. Well, I wish him out of all his trouble, with all my heart, and a good wife into the bargain."
paragraph 2,So wondered, so talked Mrs. Jennings; her opinion varying with every fresh ,begin underline,conjecture,end underline,, and all seeming equally probable as they arose. Elinor, though she felt really interested in the welfare of Colonel Brandon, could not bestow all the wonder on his going so suddenly away which Mrs. Jennings was desirous of her feeling; for besides that the circumstance did not, in her opinion, justify such lasting amazement or variety of speculation, her wonder was otherwise disposed of.
(from ,begin underline,Sense and Sensibility,end underline, by Jane Austen)
Question
Which word ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, replaces "conjecture" as it is used in paragraph 2?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
astonishment
2.
expectation
3.
interpretation
4.
judgment
Information
,begin italics,A group of friends has gathered for breakfast at Barton Park before spending the rest of the day as guests of Colonel Brandon, the owner of the Delaford estate. During breakfast, Colonel Brandon receives a letter with startling news.,end italics,
from ,begin bold,Sense and Sensibility,end bold,
paragraph 1,"Something very melancholy must be the matter, I am sure," said she. "I could see it in his face. Poor man! I am afraid his circumstances may be bad. The estate at Delaford was never reckoned more than two thousand a year, and his brother left everything sadly involved. I do think he must have been sent for about money matters, for what else can it be? . . . Perhaps it is about Miss Williams—and, by the by, I dare say it is, because he looked so conscious when I mentioned her. Maybe she is ill in town; nothing in the world more likely, for I have a notion she is always rather sickly. . . . Maybe his sister is worse at Avignon, and has sent for him over. His setting off in such a hurry seems very like it. Well, I wish him out of all his trouble, with all my heart, and a good wife into the bargain."
paragraph 2,So wondered, so talked Mrs. Jennings; her opinion varying with every fresh ,begin underline,conjecture,end underline,, and all seeming equally probable as they arose. Elinor, though she felt really interested in the welfare of Colonel Brandon, could not bestow all the wonder on his going so suddenly away which Mrs. Jennings was desirous of her feeling; for besides that the circumstance did not, in her opinion, justify such lasting amazement or variety of speculation, her wonder was otherwise disposed of.
(from ,begin underline,Sense and Sensibility,end underline, by Jane Austen)
Question
Which word ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, replaces "conjecture" as it is used in paragraph 2?
Answer options with 4 options
1.
astonishment
2.
expectation
3.
interpretation
4.
judgment
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The word that best replaces "conjecture" as it is used in paragraph 2 is:
3. interpretation
In this context, "conjecture" refers to the act of forming opinions or conclusions based on incomplete information, which aligns with "interpretation" as a way of understanding or making sense of the situation.
3. interpretation
In this context, "conjecture" refers to the act of forming opinions or conclusions based on incomplete information, which aligns with "interpretation" as a way of understanding or making sense of the situation.