Which excerpt from “The Masque of the Red Death” best shows Prince Prospero’s self-centeredness?

a. It was in the eastern or blue chamber in which stood

b. The Prince Prospero as he uttered these words.

c. They rang throughout the seven rooms loudly and clearly, for

d. The prince was a bold and robust man, and the music had become hushed at the waving of his hand.

Answer:- d. The prince was a bold and robust man, and the music had become hushed at the waving of his hand.

The correct answer is D.) But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his territories were half abandoned, he bidden to his attendance a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from between the cavaliers and dames of his law court, and with these superannuated to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. This highlights the narrator’s paranoia. But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious.