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Seated now on the woodpile in Betsy Johnson's cellar, Millicent knew that she had come triumphant through the trial of fire, the searing period of the ego which could end in two kinds of victory for her. The easiest of which would be her coronation as a princess, labeling her conclusively as one of the select flock. The other victory would be much harder, but she knew that it was what she wanted. It was not that she was being noble or anything. It was just that she had learned there were other ways of getting into the great hall, blazing with lights, of people and of life. —"Initiation," Sylvia Plath Which is the best conclusion that can be drawn about Millicent based on the conflict in the passage? Millicent would rather do a difficult thing she believes is right than the easy thing. Millicent cannot wait to be crowned the princess of the sorority. Millicent now knows that it is wrong to join a sorority. Millicent has learned how to achieve victory in a conflict with the others in the group.

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Millicent would rather do a difficult thing she believes is right than the easy thing.


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Answer: A) Millicent would rather do a difficult thing she believes is right than the easy thing.

Step-by-step explanation: In the given excerpt from "Initiation" by Sylvia Plath, we can see how Millicent is discerning between two kinds of victory for her. One of those victories was the easy one (be crowned as a princess, labeling her conclusively as one of the select flock), but she realizes that the victory that she wanted was the harder one, so we can conclude that Millicent would rather do a difficult thing she believes is right than the easy thing.

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