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ID: DSAT-RW-93
Section: Digital SAT Reading & Writing (RW) - Broadly Reading - Information and Ideas
Topic: Command of Evidence – Textual
Difficulty level: Medium

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The following text is from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813). In the novel, Elizabeth Bennet insists on choosing for herself and refuses a marriage that would please her family but not her heart, writing, ______

Which quotation from Pride and Prejudice most effectively illustrates the claim?

A"I am very sensible of the honor of your proposals, Mr. Collins; but it is impossible for me to accept them… You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who would make you so."

B"Her mother, delighted with the match in prospect, protested that no prudent girl could do otherwise than accept a clergyman so well settled under Lady Catherine's favor."

C"Her mother was far from thinking it a drawback on his fortune, that he was patronised by Lady Catherine; for to be so patronised is, in her opinion, one of the highest advantages."

D"Mrs. Bennet was in fact too much overpowered to say a great deal while Sir William remained; but when he was gone, she began scolding her daughter for refusing to accept him."

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