Reread the following excerpt about Mrs. Joe's funeral:
When they were all gone, and when Trabb and his men…had crammed their mummery into bags, and were gone too, the house felt wholesomer.
The word "mummery" is suggestive of play acting. This implies that the funeral rituals are
A. understated.
B. serious.
C. mournful and solemn.
D. gaudy and absurd.
