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This morning, the village school opened. I had twenty scholars. But three of the number can read: none write or cipher. Several knit, and a few sew a little. They speak with the broadest accent of the district. At present, they and I have a difficulty in understanding each other's language. Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me. I must not forget that these coarsely-clad little peasants are of flesh and blood as good as the scions of gentlest genealogy; and that the germs of native excellence, refinement, intelligence, kind feeling, are as likely to exist in their hearts as in those of the best-born. My duty will be to develop these germs: surely I shall find some happiness in discharging that office. Much enjoyment I do not expect in the life opening before me: yet it will, doubtless, if I regulate my mind, and exert my powers as I ought, yield me enough to live on from day to day.
Source: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brönte (1847). Available on: https://www.ucm.es/data/cont/docs/119-2014-04-09-Jane%20Eyre.pdf

Examine the following statements about the extract from the novel ‘Jane Eyre’:
I. In ‘I must not forget that these coarsely-clad little peasants are of flesh and blood as good as the scions of gentlest genealogy’, the narrator uses the expression in bold to convince herself of the good nature of the students she is describing.
II. In ‘the germs of native excellence, refinement, intelligence, kind feeling, are as likely to exist in their hearts as in those of the best-born.’, the expression in bold makes a comparison of equality between the positive traits in peasant students and those best-born.
Choose the CORRECT answer:

Accepted Answer

C) Statement II is true and statement I is false.

Answer

A) Both statements are true.

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B) Statement I is true and statement II is false.

Answer

D) Both statements are false.

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