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"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."What is his name?""Bingley. ""Is he married or single?"" Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune, four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!""How so? How can it affect them?"" My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife," How can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them. ""Is that his design in settling here?""Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes. ""I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better; for, as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party. ""My dear, you flatter me. I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be any thing extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty. "" In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of. "" But, my dear, you must indeed go and see Mr. Bingley when he comes into the neighbourhood. ""It is more than I engage for, I assure you. "" But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment it would be for one of them. Sir William and Lady Lucas are determined to go, merely on that account, for in general, you know they visit no new comers. Indeed you must go, for it will be impossible for us to visit him, if you do not. "Questions:
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Comment on the personality of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet.
【正确答案】正确答案：From the above passage, we can see Mr. Bennet is the patriarch of the Bennet family. He has a sarcastic, cynical sense of humor that he uses to purposefully irritate his wife. Mrs. Bennet is a noisy, foolish and single-minded woman who is consumed by the only desire to see her daughter"s marries.
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Compare and contrast the author with Mark Twain.
【正确答案】正确答案：Jane Austen and Mark Twain are both realists and good at satire. In her work, Austen is often critical of the assumptions and prejudices of upper-class England. She frequently satirizes snobs and also pokes fun at the poor breeding and misbehavior of those lower on the social scale, while Mark Twain always combines rich humor and satire to write about vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind.