Answer: B) This statement is ironic because Marianne falls deeply in love with Willoughby shortly thereafter.
Explanation: An irony is a statement or a situation that seems to be contradictory or seems to have a different turn in comparison with the one the audience is expecting. In the given excerpt we can see how the speaker describes her inability to fall in love, because of her requirements about the personality and virtues of the man she is looking for, this is an example of an irony because despite her claim, she falls in love shortly thereafter.
When I went shopping. I bought a pair of running shoes, a red shirt, and blue shorts.
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