Answer:
C. newspaper editor-in-chief
Explanation:
The narrator in Albany was formerly a newspaper editor-in-chief. She was involved in a political scandal which caused her to lose her job.
She was enticed, thus accepted the lavished life style she was offered thinking that it would be so rude of her to have rejected it. This later made her to lose her job as a well known newspaper editor-in-chief.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
In the passage, it says that Edmund could not bring himself to like Mr. Rushworth, but that he "could allow his sister to be the best judge of her own happiness."
The setting which begins to answer your question is the sentence that begins "Most conversations between husband and wife ... " this is near the beginning.
The real core of your question comes with "This aloofness ... " which shows how he handles the disputes with his wife. This is followed by "He attained this by ... " which tells exactly how the aloofness came about. Finally he surrounds himself with people that insulate him from the fights he has will his wife. His bridge games probably insure that he does not have to talk to her.