Question:
Which meaning of inferior most closely matches its meaning in the following passage (paragraph 5)? In the Victorian era, novels reigned supreme. Novels were already common during the Romantic period, but Romantics viewed them as inferior to poetry. Indeed most novels were written by women, who were also treated as lesser. While Romantics styled themselves as elites, changes in the Victorian Age made literature more available to everyone. Answer choices for the above question A. adjective | lower in rank, status, or quality B. adjective | denoting goods or services that are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, e.g., secondhand clothes C. adjective | (of a court or tribunal) able to have its decisions overturned by a higher court D. noun | a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability