Question

Select the correct answer.

What does Mark Twain satirize in this excerpt from "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"?
It was a lovely dinner-party of fourteen. The Duke and Duchess of Shoreditch, and their daughter the Lady Anne-Grace-Eleanor-Celeste-
and-so-forth-and-so-forth-de-Bohun, the Earl and Countess of Newgate, Viscount Cheapside, Lord and Lady Blatherskite, some untitled
people of both sexes, the minister and his wife and daughter, and his daughter's visiting friend, an English girl of twenty-two, named
Portia Langham, whom I fell in love with in two minutes, and she with me,I could see it without glasses. There was still another guest, an
American-but I am a little ahead of my story.
O A. the long list of names required to address certain nobles
OB. the English custom of holding frequent balls and dinner parties
Oc. the lack of importance given to Americans by the English
OD
the eccentric attitudes of the British upper class
Mo

Answer 1

Answer:the long list of names required to address certain nobles.

Explanation:plato

Answer 2

A). The long list of names required to address certain nobles.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given excerpt, Twain satirizes 'the long list of names required to address certain nobles' which is clearly reflected through the description of the people's different ranks and positions attached to their names(like Lady Anne-Grace-Eleanor-Celeste- and-so-forth-and-so-forth-de-Bohu, Countess of Newgate, etc.'). The key purpose of focusing on the names instead of the description of the ball reflects that the author aims to critique the follies/vices of the British people who laid such emphasis on the names and the positions associated at the time. Thus, option A is the correct answer.