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Read these lines: "But he is right enough about the beds and windows and things. It is as airy and comfortable a room as any one need wish, and, of course, I would not be so silly as to make him uncomfortable just for a whim." What do these lines do, coming straight after her complaints?
AThey repeat the complaint in stronger words
BThey raise a new complaint about the beds
CThey ask him to move to the room below
DThey take back the complaint and side with him
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. They take back the complaint and side with him
1. 1. Her complaint about the room comes first, and these lines follow it.
2. 2. The first sentence grants that he is right about the beds and windows.
3. 3. The second calls the room as comfortable as anyone need wish, undoing the objection.
4. 4. The last sentence renames her own wish a whim and calls acting on it silly.
5. 5. Granting his case and belittling her own is withdrawal, not repetition, so option A fails.
6. 6. No new complaint and no request are made, so options C and D describe something that is not there.
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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