Multiple choice

Which of the options best fills the gap 10?

Directions: Read the passage and complete the gaps to make meaningful sentences.

Jane Austen’s novels ------9----- an exactness of structure and a symmetry of form. In Pride and Prejudice the plot is -----10----- chief interest, simple but pervasive. Austen’s later novels, Mansfield Park and Emma ------11-------  longer and more elaborate than other novels. The incidents happen so naturally out of the influence of character on character, that we ------12-----  that they are part of a design or scheme.

  1. the

  2. a

  3. having

  4. of
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The talk is about a particular thing, i.e. the plot; so we use 'the'. The chief interest is the plot, simple but pervasive.

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