Which quotation from the passage encompasses the climax of the story?

"Then [the Queen] took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea."

"In the morning she was asked how she had slept."

"'Oh, very badly!' said she. 'I have scarcely closed my eyes all night.'"

"So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess."

The climax of the story is the first option, when the Queen takes twenty mattresses and lays them on a pea. As a consequence, it is revealed that the princess who has come to the castle wearing unattractive clothes to spend a stormy night is a real princess. Thus, the Queen's son - the Prince - can marry an authentic princess.

The correct answer is C) "'Oh, very badly!' said she. 'I have scarcely closed my eyes all night.'"

The quotation from the passage that encompasses the climax of the story is "'Oh, very badly!' said she. 'I have scarcely closed my eyes all night.'"

We are talking about an excerpt from the story "The Princess and The Pea," written by Hans Christian Andersen. The author writes it in the following way: "On this, the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

"The Princess and The Pea," is a tale published in 1835. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a talented writer that also produced great tales such as "The Little Mermaid."