As the boy grew to be a teenager, he became more defiant with his mother.

Answer:

C). "Whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own"

D). "The inferiority of your connections"

Explanation:

Within the context of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, the excerpts from the text indicate that Darcy harbored a natural bias against Elizabeth, preventing him from appreciating her beauty and intellect. The passages demonstrate that Darcy was prejudiced due to the 'low social status' of the Bennet family, particularly Elizabeth. This explains his unkind treatment, refusal to dance with her, and overall rudeness. Hence, choices C and D are accurate.

The syllables with emphasis in the line "We wear our fingers rough with handling them" are: wear, fin, rough, hand, them.
This line exemplifies iambic pentameter, which alternates between unstressed and stressed syllables, beginning with an unstressed one. For example, WE is unstressed, then WEAR is stressed, continuing this pattern.

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Bev approached them, her bright red lips forming a keen, calculating grin. Ignoring Millicent, she confidently walked up to Herb.

"Why bother with gophers?" she said cheerfully. "They are completely tongue-tied."

Herb responded with a parting comment, "But that one maintains such an appealing silence."

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From the passage, what inferences about the characters can be drawn? Select all that apply.

Bev has feelings for Herb.

Bev is envious and dislikes competition from other women.

Millicent resembles a gopher.

Herb perceives Millicent as attractive.

Herb prefers timid women.

This excerpt suggests that Bev has an attraction to Herb, evidenced by her change in demeanor upon seeing him. She starts to smile distinctly when she spots Herb. An element of jealousy is apparent as she snubs and insults Millicent by asking Herb, "Why waste your time with gophers." Finally, Herb finds Millicent attractive, as indicated by his remark about her appealing silence.

From the passage, these interpretations can be made about the characters:

Bev has feelings for Herb.

Bev is envious and dislikes competition from other women.

Herb perceives Millicent as attractive.