Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Anna Pávlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Petersburg society was assembled there: people differing widely in age and character but alike in the social circle to which they belonged.
Prince Vasili's daughter, the beautiful Hélène, wore a ball dress and her badge as maid of honour. The youthful little Princess Bolkónskaya, known as the most fascinating woman in Petersburg was also there. Vasíli's son, Hippolyte, Mortemart and many others had also come.
To each new arrival Anna Pávlovna said, "You have not yet seen my aunt," or "You do not know my aunt?" and very gravely conducted him or her to a little old lady, wearing large bows of ribbon in her cap, who had come sailing in from another room as soon as the guests began to arrive; and slowly turning her eyes from the visitor to her aunt, Anna Pávlovna mentioned each one's name and then left them.
Each visitor performed the ceremony of greeting this old aunt whom not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know, and not one of them cared about; Anna Pávlovna observed these greetings with mournful and solemn interest and silent approval. The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own.
And each visitor, though politeness prevented his showing impatience, left the old woman with a sense of relief at having performed a vexatious duty and did not return to her the whole evening.
Question:
The guests seemed:
Option 1: very delighted to meet Anna's aunt
Option 2: interested in talking about their health
Option 3: least interested in Anna's aunt
Option 4: very glad to be introduced to Anna
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Correct Answer: least interested in Anna's aunt
Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
Explanation : According to the passage, the guests seemed to find the interactions with Anna Pávlovna's aunt to be a somewhat burdensome duty, and despite politeness, they didn't show much interest in or return to her throughout the evening.
Therefore, the guests seemed least interested in Anna's aunt.
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