Read the excerpt from chapter 32 of the awakening.
when mr. pontellier learned of his wife's intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance. she had given reasons which he was unwilling to acknowledge as adequate. he hoped she had not acted upon her rash impulse; and he begged her to consider first, foremost, and above all else, what people would say.
what does mr. pontellier’s letter reveal about his personality?

a. he is jealous that his wife may be thinking of leaving him for a much younger man.
b. he hates to be away from his family for such a long period of time and aches to return home.
c. he is very concerned about maintaining an appearance of financial good standing within his community.
d. he feels his wife has a good grasp of the situation at home and relies on her to take care of everything.

The excerpt from The Awakening shows that (C) he is very concerned about maintaining an appearance of financial good standing within his community.

We can see that apart from imploring his wife to come back and berating her for leaving in the first place, his only real motive is to maintain his social standing in the society. He says, "...above all else, what would people say".

C. He is very concerned about maintaining an appearance of financial good standing within his community.

a conclusion based on evidence is an example of a. inference

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.