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What best describes the secret that Mr. Rochester has been hiding at Thornfield Hall, which is finally disclosed during his wedding ceremony to Jane Eyre?
AHe is secretly bankrupt and intends to use Jane's inheritance to settle his debts.
BHe has a living legal wife, Bertha Mason, who is confined to the attic.✓
CHe is Adèle's biological father and has kept her true parentage a secret from Jane.
DHe murdered his first wife and has been hiding the crime for years.
Rationale
The truth about Mr. Rochester's wife, Bertha Mason, being alive and locked away in Thornfield Hall's attic comes to light. This shocking announcement by Richard Mason and Mr. Briggs during the wedding ceremony halts Jane and Rochester's marriage, compelling Jane to confront a crucial moral choice regarding her future.
During the dramatic moment of Jane and Rochester's wedding, what shocking truth halts the ceremony?
AJane turns out to be Rochester's long-lost cousin
BRochester is found to already have a living wife, Bertha Mason✓
CJane admits she does not truly love Rochester
DA fire breaks out at Thornfield Hall, causing everyone to escape
Rationale
Richard Mason and Mr. Briggs interrupt the ceremony to reveal that Edward Rochester is already legally married to Bertha Mason, a woman he married in Jamaica who is now kept in the attic of Thornfield Hall due to her serious mental illness. This shocking revelation compels Jane to flee Thornfield and drives the central moral conflict of the novel.