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Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts is an 1898 play by Anton Chekhov, originally written in Russian. In the play, Professor Serebrakoff and his wife Helena have come to stay at their country estate, which Vanya manages with the help of Sonia, the professor's daughter from a previous marriage. Chekhov depicts Vanya's opinion of Professor Serebrakoff as having changed significantly, as is evident when __________

Which quotation from a translation of Uncle Vanya most effectively illustrates the claim?

• A.

  Vanya says to Professor Serebrakoff, "For twenty-five years I have managed [the country estate], and have sent you the returns from it like the most honest of servants, and you have never given me one single word of thanks for my work, not one—neither in my youth nor now."

• B.

  Vanya says of Professor Serebrakoff, "Imagine it, the life of a retired professor, as stale as a piece of hardtack, tortured by gout, headaches, and rheumatism, his liver bursting with jealousy and envy, living on the estate of his first wife, although he hates it, because he can't afford to live in town."

• C.

  Vanya says to himself, "I was proud of [Professor Serebrakoff] and of his learning; I received all his words and writings as inspired and now? Now he has retired, and what is the total of his life? A blank! He is absolutely unknown, and his fame has burst like a soap-bubble. I have been deceived; I see that now,"

• D.

  Vanya says to Professor Serebrakoff, "We used to think of you as almost superhuman, but now the scales have fallen from my eyes and I see you as you are! You write on art without knowing anything about it. Those books of yours which I used to admire are not worth one copper kopeck. You are a hoax!"