Question

How does the writer present Mrs. Mann in this line from the passage?
Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle.

dishonest

pompous

inept

submissive

Answer 1

Oliver Twist
by Charles wingspanens (excerpt)

"Goodness gracious! Is that you, Mr. Bumble, sir?" said Mrs. Mann, thrusting her head out of the window in well-affected ecstasies of joy. "(Susan, take Oliver and them two brats upstairs, and wash 'em directly.)—My heart alive! Mr. Bumble, how glad I am to see you, sure-ly!"

Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so, instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's.

"Lor, only think," said Mrs. Mann, running out,—for the three boys had been removed by this time,—'only think of that! That I should have forgotten that the gate was bolted on the inside, on account of them dear children! Walk in sir; walk in, pray, Mr. Bumble, do, sir."

Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle.

"Do you think this respectful or proper conduct, Mrs. Mann," inquired Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane, "to keep the parish officers a waiting at your garden-gate, when they come here upon porochial business with the porochial orphans? Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?"

Answer 2

@carolina4567

Answer 3

can u help ill give medal

Answer 4

Which do you think it is ?

Answer 5

i think its dishonest no for sure tho

Answer 6

@logan13 can you help?

Answer 7

Did you look up the meaning of the words

Answer 8

That can help alot

Answer 9

yea but it dont give me nothing

Answer 10

Ok lets cancel some out...

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

Its not inept because inept means having or showing no skill

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

Its not submissive because that means ready to conform to the authority or will of others

Answer 15

its not dishonest behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy or fraudulent way. that's what dishonest means

Answer 16

its not pompous

Answer 17

Well pompous says affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Answer 18

well its not that one i already tried it and i got it wrong

Answer 19

Well its actually submissive

Answer 20

I read it again and I understood it better

Answer 21

Its says that she did a curtsey which is usually the girl greeting where you bent your knees

Answer 22

So shes being submisive

Answer 23

Because she confroms to the authority

Answer 24

yea

Answer 25

Yea , system of elimination helps , and looking up the defintions , some times you really have to read closely and slowly to undertsand.

Answer 26

Especially in english

Answer 27

It helps make it easier to understand , and you can learn new words along the way.

Answer 28

Hope I helped.. GOOD LUCK