Question

read the passage from hans christian andersens the princess and the pea. then the queen took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider - down beds on top of the mattresses. on this the princess had to lie all night. in the morning she was asked how she had slept. “oh, very badly!” said she. “i have scarcely closed my eyes all night. heaven only knows what was in the bed, but i was lying on something hard, so that i am black and blue all over. its horrible!” now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider - down beds. nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. which quotation from the passage encompasses the climax of the story? then the queen took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea. in the morning she was asked how she had slept. “oh, very badly!” said she. “i have scarcely closed my eyes all night.” so the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess.

Explanation:

The climax is the most intense or decisive point in a story. Here, the moment when the prince decides to take the princess as his wife because he knows she is a real princess is the climax as it resolves the central question of her authenticity.

Answer:

"So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess."