Prose Character
34. The passage as a whole is best described as which of the following?
C. A character sketch conveyed through anecdote
35. The first sentence of the passage suggests that the narrator’s view of Mrs. Bloomfield
E. Has Recently Changed
37. In the fourth sentence of the first paragraph (“Hitherto . . . untold”), the narrator presents which of the following contrasts regarding Mrs. Bloomfield’s qualities?
B. What the narrator observes of those qualities versus what the narrator is willing to assume
39. The fifth sentence of the first paragraph (“Kindness . . . of it”) indicates that the narrator has recently
B. become receptive to the appearance of affection
36.
Toward the end of the second sentence of the passage (“and express . . . authority”), the manner in which Mrs. Bloomfield conveys her opinion of the children’s mother is best described as
C. Indirect
38. The parenthetical statement in the fourth sentence of the first paragraph (“of which . . . perfections”) makes use of
D. Irony
41. The shift between the first and second paragraphs concerns
E. the narrator’s opinion of Mrs. Bloomfield
40. Unlike the rest of the paragraph, the last sentence of the first paragraph (“No wonder . . . departure”) does which of the following?
B. Expresses uncomplicated emotions
44. Throughout the passage, the narrator views Mrs. Bloomfield primarily with
A. Ambivalence
42. By “luckily, or unluckily,” the narrator implies in the first sentence of the second paragraph that the comments she overheard have made her
C. disillusioned but alerted
43. In the final sentence of the passage, the narrator hopes that Mrs. Bloomfield is “rather weak than wicked” because the narrator wants to
A. think of Mrs. Bloomfield’s behavior as unconscious rather than deliberate