|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Updated on: 16 Oct 2025, 01:55
Originally posted by Sajjad1994 on 11 Oct 2025, 09:00.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 16 Oct 2025, 01:55, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 16 Oct 2025, 01:55, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Bookmarks
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
45%
(medium)
Question Stats:
25% (01:11) correct
75% (01:03) wrong based on 8 sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
To contrast the demeanor of Austen’s clergyman brothers James and Henry with that of Mr. Collins, the much-abused figure of fun in Pride and Prejudice, is instructive, for where the Austen brothers were properly (i) ________ to their social superiors and benevolent to their dependents, the odious Mr. Collins was invariably (ii) ________ to his betters, fawning in particular on his patron, Lady Catherine de Burgh.
Blank (i)
A. deferential
B. disingenuous
C. demonstrative
Blank (ii)
D. Responsible
E. sychophantic
F. sardonic
Blank (i)
A. deferential
B. disingenuous
C. demonstrative
Blank (ii)
D. Responsible
E. sychophantic
F. sardonic
GRE Verbal Sprint 2025
05 Days | 30 Questions | Win Prizes | Get Better at GRE
Question # 09 | Date: 11 October 2025
[Click here for more details and master thread]
05 Days | 30 Questions | Win Prizes | Get Better at GRE
Question # 09 | Date: 11 October 2025
[Click here for more details and master thread]
13 Oct 2025, 09:04
Kudos
Bookmarks
Official Explanation
Here the author is contrasting appropriate clerical behavior with inappropriate clerical behavior. The Austen brothers behave appropriately: they are properly deferential to their social superiors, paying them proper respect. The fictional Mr. Collins, however, behaves inappropriately: he is sycophantic (obsequious, fawning) to his social superiors.
Answer: A,E
Here the author is contrasting appropriate clerical behavior with inappropriate clerical behavior. The Austen brothers behave appropriately: they are properly deferential to their social superiors, paying them proper respect. The fictional Mr. Collins, however, behaves inappropriately: he is sycophantic (obsequious, fawning) to his social superiors.
Answer: A,E
