Read this excerpt from "The Last Duchess" by Robert Browning:

Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er

She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.

Sir, 'twas all one! My favour at her breast,

The dropping of the daylight in the West,

The bough of cherries some officious fool

Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule

She rode with round the terrace-all and each

Would draw from her alike the approving speech

What is the main complaint of the speaker against the lady referred to in the poem?

A. The lady generously praised everyone, including those beneath her in social status.

B. The lady was not loyal because she smiled at every one and flirted with them.

C. The lady did not value the Duke enough and treated him like she treated everyone else.

D. The lady showed poor taste by riding on a white mule in front of others.

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Judith Barry

English

9 December, 06:01

Read this excerpt from "The Last Duchess" by Robert Browning:

Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er

She looked on, and her looks went everywhere.

Sir, 'twas all one! My favour at her breast,

The dropping of the daylight in the West,

The bough of cherries some officious fool

Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule

She rode with round the terrace-all and each

Would draw from her alike the approving speech

What is the main complaint of the speaker against the lady referred to in the poem?

A. The lady generously praised everyone, including those beneath her in social status.

B. The lady was not loyal because she smiled at every one and flirted with them.

C. The lady did not value the Duke enough and treated him like she treated everyone else.

D. The lady showed poor taste by riding on a white mule in front of others.

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Isabell Oconnell · Answer 1

The correct answer to the question stated above is:

C. The lady did not value the Duke enough and treated him like she treated everyone else.

The speaker described her as someone who gets easily impressed by human and nature that she forgot to give importance to the Duke’s hierarchy in the society. In addition, he was insulted by the lady’s undervaluing his family name.