I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option B. The narrator allude the to the possibility of requiring a wife who could match Adams social standards at the end of the sentence from Mark Twain's "The 1,000,000 Bank-Note". Hope this answers the question.
The answere i think would be true
Short stories, c, speaking, and i dont know the last one sorry
Do you have the context to this? This phrase could have several meaning without it.