Question

read the passage from a dolls house.
nora: but it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! my goodness, cant you understand that? it was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he was in. it was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the south. do you suppose i didnt try, first of all, to get what i wanted as if it were for myself? i told him how much i should love to travel abroad like other young wives; i tried tears and entreaties with him; i told him that he ought to remember the condition i was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me; i even hinted that he might raise a loan. that nearly made him angry, christine. he said i was thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband not to indulge me in my whims and caprices—as i believe he called them. very well. i thought, you must be saved—and that was how
which evidence supports the inference that nora is afraid of losing her relationship with her husband?
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o idea what a dangerous condition he was in\
○ \how i came to devise a way out of the difficulty\
○ \i had meant to let him in on the secret\
○ \it would upset our mutual relations altogether\

Explanation:

The question asks for evidence that Nora fears losing her relationship with her husband. The correct option directly references concern for harming their mutual relations, while the other options focus on her husband's health, her secret plan, or her original intent to share the secret, not fear of relationship loss.

Answer:

D. "It would upset our mutual relations altogether"