Question

two sisters have come to live with their uncle, mr. brooke. from middlemarch it was hardly a year since they had come to live at tipton grange with their uncle, a man nearly sixty, of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote. he had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the county to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. mr. brookes conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather; it was only safe to say that he would act with benevolent intentions, and that he would spend as little money as possible in carrying them out. for the most glutinously indefinite minds enclose some hard grains of habit. (from middlemarch by george eliot) this sentence is from the passage. \for the most glutinously indefinite minds enclose some hard grains of habit.\ what does the phrase hard grains of habit refer to in this passage? 1. mr. brooke is a man of \miscellaneous opinions.\ 2. mr. brooke \had travelled in his younger years.\ 3. mr. brooke is \as difficult to predict as the weather.\ 4. mr. brooke \would spend as little money as possible.\

Explanation:

The passage describes Mr. Brooke's variable - natured mind but also mentions his consistent behavior in spending as little money as possible while acting with benevolent intentions. This consistent behavior represents the "hard grains of habit" amidst his otherwise indefinite and changeable mental state.

Answer:

1. Mr. Brooke "would spend as little money as possible."