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Q. How does politeness and acceptability get in the way of meaningful relationships in this novel?
There are no meaningful relationships.
No one knows how to tell the truth.
It makes everyone secretly angry with everyone else.
No one talks about how they really feel; it's confusing.
Q. "And your defect is to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them." Who are these two characters who are speaking to each other in this passage?
Lizzy and Darcy
Lizzy and Mr. Wickham
Darcy and Mr. Wickham
Lizzy is talking to herself
Q. Why is it so important that Elizabeth find a husband?
She can't inherit her father's money; she needs a husband to do that.
She will be poor if she doesn't marry well.
She's really lonely, and a hubby is the only way to relieve it.
She's worried she's too ugly to marry and wants to know that this isn't the case.
Q. What effect does Lizzy's joking have on us as readers?
It makes us laugh out loud.
We just find it annoying.
We start taking notes for our time at the comedy club.
It makes her harder to understand.
Q. What does Mr. Collins seem to miss about Darcy when he "sidles" up to Darcy?
Darcy is really tired.
Darcy can't stand him.
Mr. Collins misses dinner.
Darcy is in love.