Read this passage from gustave flaubert's madame bovary: she wanted to learn italian; she bought dictionaries, a grammar, and a supply of white paper. she tried serious reading, history, and philosophy. sometimes in the night charles woke up with a start, thinking he was being called to a patient. "i'm coming," he stammered; and it was the noise of a match emma had struck to relight the lamp. but her reading fared like her piece of embroidery, all of which, only just begun, filled her cupboard; she took it up, left it, passed on to other books. which best describes the narrator's tone in the last line of this passage? a. judgmental b. patronizing c. hilarious d. sympathetic

A. Judgmental

Explanation:

"But her reading fared like her piece of embroidery, all of which, only just begun, filled her cupboard; she took it up, left it, passed on to other books."

Emma was, at first, dedicated to learning Italian, but over time she became disinterested/lazy again.

answer: dinner and a movie with your friends this saturday night.

opportunity cost refers to the benefits that a person or business misses out on when choosing one alternative over another. opportunity costs are easy to miss, but they can be important for decision-making. in this example, the alternative that the person will miss out on is the opportunity to have dinner and watch a movie with friends on saturday, as he will have no money left after buying the cd.