Which best express the narrator's motivation in the following sentence from the fourth paragraph? "[I] heaved a sigh to think that by reason of the unworthines of women he must needs be the last of his race." AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

A) He is jelous because Mr. Brishner is handsome and dashing.

B) He is frustrated because women are unworthy of the gentlemanly Mr. Brishner.

C) He is relieved since Mr. Brishner is finally going to give him marriage advice.

D) He is joking because Mr. Brishner is fat and slovenly.​​

A) He is jealous because Mr. Brishner is handsome and dashing.

Explanation:

"[I] heaved a sigh to think that by reason of the unworthiness of women he must needs be the last of his race."

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

men had a stronger claim to titles and wealth during the renaissance.