Question

read the passage from the old chinese fairy - tale \the favorite of fortune and the child of ill luck.\ but the beggar found his fortune, and at length became emperor. he returned and stood before his wife. she however, no longer recognized him: she only knew that he was the powerful emperor. he asked her how she were getting along. \why do you ask me how i am getting along?\ she replied. \i am too far beneath your notice.\ \and who may your husband be?\ \my husband was a beggar. he went away to seek his fortune. that was eighteen years ago, and he has not yet returned.\ \and what have you done during all of those long years?\ which theme is most likely conveyed in this passage? ○ the humble are the mighty. ○ good things come to those who wait. ○ time enhances beauty. ○ hard work results in good fortune.

Explanation:

• Analyze Option 1: "The humble are the mighty" doesn't fit as the focus is on the wife waiting and the husband's fortune, not humility and might.
• Analyze Option 2: The wife waited for 18 years for her husband (the beggar) who went to seek fortune and eventually returned as emperor. This aligns with "Good things come to those who wait."
• Analyze Option 3: There's no mention of time enhancing beauty in the passage.
• Analyze Option 4: The passage says the beggar "found his fortune" (implying luck or fate) rather than hard work leading to it.

Answer:

B. Good things come to those who wait.