Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Here, Jane encounters a new room. She pointed to a wide arch corresponding to the window, and hung like it with a Tyrian-dyed curtain, now looped up. Mounting to it by two broad steps, and looking through, I thought I caught a glimpse of a fairy place, so bright to my novice-eyes appeared the view beyond. Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans; while the ornaments on the pale Parian mantelpiece were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red; and between the windows large mirrors repeated the general blending of snow and fire. What does Jane think about the drawing-room?
Answer
A
It is so bright that it is hard to look at.
B
It looks like a room from a different country.
C
It is so beautiful that it seems almost unreal.
D
It looks like a room belonging to royalty.
Explanation
Jane says the view beyond the arch looked like “a fairy place” because it seemed so bright to her. She then describes the room’s white carpets, colorful furnishings, sparkling glass, and mirrors. These details show that she finds it so beautiful it seems almost unreal, making C the best answer.
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