Which statement is true based on your reading of “The Dinner Party”?

A.
Panic and frustration create the opportunity for others to be calm.
B.
Panic and frustration can be funny when they have passed.
C.
Panic and frustration can easily spread to those around you.
D.
Panic and frustration can be dangerous when they go unchecked.

C.

Panic and frustration can easily spread to those around you.

Explanation:

“The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner is a story told about a party in India where a girl and a colonel have an argument about how women react during crisis.

Another occupant of the room notices that the hosted who has been behaving strangely has asked for a cup of milk to be put outside the door and this means that a cobra is in the room.

This observer knew that saying his findings would bring panic to the guests and the cobra would likely cause mayhem in the confusion, so he made them all play a game of control and when the cobra makes a dash for the milk, he bolts the door.

He later realises that the cobra was on the foot of the hostess and she demonstrated the highest level of calm.

This validates the answer that panic and frustration can be contagious, that's why the observer made them play a game of control rather than let them know a cobra was in the room.