1) at the end of pride and prejudice, darcy can be best described as
a) humble
b) vulgar
c) proud
d) disrespectful

2) which flaw do darcy and elizabeth share in pride and prejudice?
a) they put too much shock in first impressions
b) they are shy about dancing with people they do not know
c) they invite criticism through unrestrained behavior
d) they are too proud to admit they are wrong

3) how does charlotte's view of marriage differ from elizabeth's
a) elizabeth does not believe in marriage, while charlotte's thinks it is the utmost importance
b) charlotte wants security, while elizabeth wants love and respect
c) elizabeth longs for passion, but charlotte wants to respect her husband
d) charlotte is romantic, while elizabeth sees marriage only as practicality

c

explanation:

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.