Question

In which two sentences does the author use an ironic tone toward the subject?

1.) She has no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; she she let herself be married to a little clerk of the ministry of public instructions.
2.) Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies.
3.) The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks.
4.) She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station.

Answer 1

The exact answer for the question that is being founded out based on the ironic tone of the author is option 2 and 3

i.e.

"Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies”.

And then “The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks."