Read the speech from the play the importance of being earnest.

gwendolen. yes, i am quite well aware of the fact. and i often wish that in public, at any rate, you had been more demonstrative. for me you have always had an irresistible fascination. even before i met you i was far from indifferent to you. [jack looks at her in amazement.] we live, as i hope you know, mr. worthing, in an age of ideals. the fact is constantly mentioned in the more expensive monthly magazines, and has reached the provincial pulpits, i am told; and my ideal has always been to love some one of the name of ernest.

gwendolen implies that she believes that living by one’s ideals means

which response accurately completes the sentence?

the importance of being earnest

(a) meeting one’s set goals for the future, even if they are arbitrary
(b) removing oneself from situations in which others act immorally
(c) living an independent life in which one can make one’s own choices
(d) sacrificing all other sources of happiness until love is found