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Read these lines: "So I take phosphates or phosphites, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to work until I am well again. Personally, I disagree with their ideas. Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good." What does the speaker believe would help her?
AMore rest and far fewer visits from friends
BA stronger tonic than the one she now takes
CA longer stay in the room she now sleeps in
DWork she enjoys, along with change and interest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Work she enjoys, along with change and interest
1. 1. The first sentence lists what she is given, ending with a ban on work.
2. 2. She then says plainly that she disagrees with those ideas.
3. 3. Her own view follows: congenial work, with excitement and change, would do her good.
4. 4. Congenial means agreeable, so the first option restates her view, while the others repeat the treatment she rejects.
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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