In "A Wagner Matinee," Cather contrasts Aunt Georgiana's life of music and sophistication in Boston with her pioneer life in Nebraska. How does this affect the story? A. It shows that she gives up a cultured life for a loveless marriage. B. It develops the idea that listening to music can soothe her troubles and regenerate her soul. C. It highlights the life changes she is willing to make to experience love. D. It indicates that she misses her life on the prairie, even though she enjoys the music.

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.