They have more access to information to confirm or deny facts than they did in the past.
The police are asking questions over and over and they get tired thinking they can go home
It’s gonna be B. Had not known mr Elliot long enough to recognize him.
which vexed and embarrassed her, and made her regret that she had said so much,
simple as it was.
Mary, resenting that she should be supposed not to know her own cousin, began talking
very warmly about the family features, and protesting still more positively that it was Mr
Elliot, calling again upon Anne to come and look for herself, but Anne did not mean to stir,
and tried to be cool and unconcerned. Her distress returned, however, on perceiving
smiles and intelligent glances pass between two or three of the lady visitors, as if they
believed themselves quite in the secret. It was evident that the report concerning her had
spread, and a short pause succeeded, which seemed to ensure that it would now spread
farther.
"Do come, Anne" cried Mary, "come and look yourself. You will be too late if you do not
make haste. They are parting; they are shaking hands. He is turning away. Not know Mr
Elliot, indeed! You seem to have forgot all about Lyme."
To pacify Mary, and perhaps screen her own embarrassment, Anne did move quietly to
the window. She was just in time to ascertain that it really was Mr Elliot, which she had
never believed, before he disappeared on one side, as Mrs Clay walked quickly off on the
other; and checking the surprise which she could not but feel at such an appearance of
friendly conference between two persons of totally opposite interest, she calmly said,
"Yes, it is Mr Elliot, certainly. He has changed his hour of going, I suppose, that is all, or I
may be mistaken, I might not attend;" and walked back to her chair, recomposed, and
with the comfortable hope of having acquitted herself well.
From ‘Persuasion’, by Jane Austen.
Question 21
Anne obviously knows Mr Elliot quite well for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
A: she has knowledge of his travel plans.
B: she shows discomfort at Mary spotting him.
C: she is sensitive to what the other ladies might know.
D: she had been speaking about Mr Elliot to others in the room.
E: Mary refers to Anne meeting Mr Elliot in Lyme.
Question 22
Anne finally goes to the window because:
A: she knows in her heart that it really is Mr Elliot.
B: she wishes to prove Mary wrong.
C: she wishes to calm Mary and cover up her own lack of composure.
D: Mary frets that Mr Elliot will disappear from view.
E: Mary is creating a fuss in front of the others in the room.
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Question 23
From what occurs it can be inferred that Anne:
A: couldn’t care less about Mr Elliot.
B: had not known Mr Elliot long enough to recognise him.
C: is attracted to Mr Elliot.
D: is uncomfortable at Mr Elliot’s behaviour.
E: C and D together.
The correct answer is 2) <span>The speaker’s mental state shifts more and more toward madness.
This is because as the poem closes, the word nevermore occurs in more and more depressing situations because it is the only word the raven can say, and the poet asks him questions to which that can be the only answer. These questions become maddening and more depressing as time goes by.</span>
