Question

"Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"Perhaps you do not know—you may not have heard that my brother is lately married to—to the youngest—to Miss Lucy Steele."

His words were echoed with unspeakable astonishment by all but Elinor, who sat with her head leaning over her work, in a state of such agitation as made her hardly know where she was.

"Yes," said he, "they were married last week, and are now at Dawlish."

Elinor could sit it no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease. (Sense and Sensibility, chapter 48, pp. 42–43)

Which of the following best describes Elinor's reaction considered within the context of the whole novel?

Answers:
Reverses her sensibility to sense.
Confirms her sense.
Confirms her sensibility.
Reverses her sense to sensibility.

Answer 1

Answer: Reverses her sense to sensibility

Step-by-step explanation:

The option that best Elinor's reaction considered within the context of the whole novel is "Reverses her sense to sensibility".

Thus can be inferred from the excerpt when Elinor could not sit anymore, ran out of the room and burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.