Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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The Princess and the Physicist she observed. "However, masters, if you will leave me, I shall endeavor to do my poor best." "Leave the girl alone, Hammond. She must be able to cook, if she's a professional servant. We've wasted the whole morning as it is "How should I know then?" Zen asked unguardedly. The princess looked at him. "Surely Zen the All-Knowing jests?" "Er—yes. Merely having My Bit of Fun, you know." He hastily inspected inscribed upon the containers. Perchance, were we to read them, they might give a clue as to their contents." "Oh, Omniscent One," the princess exclaimed, "truly You are Wise and Sapient indeed, and it is I who was the fool to have doubted for so much as an instant." After all, since it was they who had originally established the colony, it should be their responsibility. But it seemed that all humans, not merely the Uxenach, were irresponsible. The Earthmen were interested only in trade and tribute. They even refused to believe in the existence of Zen, an attitude which he found extremely irritating Since the partitions were thin, Zen and the princess could hear most of "Moolai Uxen," the princess replied automatically. omniscience. Sometimes, in an occasional moment of self-doubt, he wondered if he weren't too much of a perfectionist, but then he rejected the thought as self-sacrilege. gem-encrusted throne. Uxlu himself, Zen admitted grudgingly, was an imposing sight to anyone who didn't know the old yio. The years—for he was a scant decade younger than Guj—had merely lent dignity to his handsome features, and he was still tall and upright. "You shall have our own second-best palace," the king said graciously. "If only," said the king, "I were still an absolute monarch, I would Since the Uxenach were a highly intelligent people, they had all learned it quickly and forgotten most of their native tongue except for a few untranslatable concepts. ourselves, perhaps we could defeat the Earthmen, drive them away—" he sighed for the third time that morning—"and rule the planet ourselves." Just then the crown princess Iximi entered the throne room. Iximi really lived up to her title of Most Fair and Exalted, for centuries of selective breeding under which the kings of Uxen had seized the loveliest women of the planet for their wives had resulted in an outstanding pulchritude. Her hair was as golden as the ripe fruit that bent the boughs of the iolo tree, and her eyes were bluer than the uriz stones on the belt girdling her slender waist. Reproductions of the famous portrait of her which hung in the great hall of the palace were very popular on calendars. your unworthy daughter what sorrow racks your noble bosom." the rest of the Galaxy goes by. Our ego has reached its nadir." "Why did you let yourself be conquered?" the princess retorted scornfully. "Ah, had I been old enough to speak then, matters would be very different today!" Although she seemed too beautiful to be endowed with brains, Iximi had been graduated from the Royal University with high honors. Zen the Erudite was particularly fond of her, for she had been his best student in Advanced Theology. She was, moreover, an ardent patriot and Let ourselves! Nobody asked us—we "A woman is always ready to fight to the last man," Guj commented. "Did you hear that, ancient and revered parent! He called me, a princess of the blood, a—a woman!" "We are all equal before Zen," Guj said sententiously, making the high xa. "Drat Zen and his days off!" The princess was in a fury. "Very well, must have just missed them. What are they like?" He told her what they were like in terms not even a monarch should use before his daughter. "And these squuch," he concluded, "are undoubtedly "Moolai Uxen!" the princess shouted, standing up. "My friends, must we The princess sat on the steps of the throne and pondered. "Obviously we must introduce a spy into their household to learn their science and turn it to our advantage." The princess gave a knowing smile. "But they undoubtedly will need at "No-o-o-o, I expect not." The princess hugged the rosy knees revealed by her brief tunic and thought aloud, "But ... just ... supposing ... something ... went wrong with the robot.... They do "Nonetheless, it is well worth the attempt," the princess declared. "There is no need for worry, Venerated Ancestor," the princess assured the monarch. "All-Helpful Zen will aid me with my tasks." themselves." "How disgusting that there should still be a planet so backward that human beings should be forced to do humiliating tasks," Kendrick said. You don't know the half of it, either , Zen thought, shocked all the Those first colonists were very clever , Zen thought bitterly, sweet-talking me into becoming a god and doing all their dirty work. bright-colored tapestry depicting Zen in seven hundred and fifty-three of his Attributes. "The younger one is not at all bad-looking," she commented, patting her hair into place. "I do like big blond men. Perhaps my task will not be as unpleasant as I fancied." The princess stiffened angrily. "They'll pick me or they'll never leave Uxen alive and you, Your Excellency, would not outlive them." Although it meant he had to overwork the other aspects of his multiple It purred and fluttered long eyelashes. "We breed an especially bouncy strain with seats they're so much more comfortable, you know." Personality with the proper respect." overworked—" Feels, indeed! creatures and dressed in thick sacklike tunics. Among them, the graceful form of Iximi was conspicuous, clad in a garment similar in cut but fashioned of translucent gauze almost as blue as her eyes. that one !" he exclaimed, pointing to the princess. "Nonsense!" Kendrick told him. "In the first place, she is obviously the most expensive model. Secondly, she would be too distracting for you. And, finally, a pretty girl is never as good a worker as a plain.... We'll take that one." The professor pointed to the dumpiest and oldest of the women. "How much should I offer to start, Your Excellency? No sense beginning the bidding too high. We Earthmen aren't made of money, in spite of what the rest of the Galaxy seems to think." your maid?" "Communicate? Are they mutes?" "No, but very few of these women speak Earth." A look of surprise flitted over the faces of the servants, vanishing as her royal highness glared at them. "Oh, it is it is, indeed!" Guj said hastily. "However, it is so hard to teach these backward peasants new ways." One of the backward peasants gave a loud sniff, which changed to a squeal as she was honored with a pinch from the hand of royalty. "But you will not betray us? We are making rapid advances and before long we hope to make Earth The princess gave him a dazzling smile. "Moolai Uxen! We must not allow lovely language!" Guj gestured desperately. She tossed her head, but stopped. "Certainly not. You can see she's a troublemaker. Do you speak Earth?" the professor demanded of the maid he had chosen. "No speak," she replied. Kendrick shook him off. "Do you speak Earth?" he demanded of the second oldest and ugliest. She shook her head. The others went through the same procedure. "It looks," Peter said, grinning, "as if we'll have to take mine." princess for the very reasonable price of a hundred credits, and drove

<question>:
What best describes the princess?

<options>:
A She was beautiful and strongwilled, but not smart
B She was beautiful, smart, and submissive
C She was beautiful, smart, and strongwilled
D She was beautiful and submissive, but not smart

<answer>:

C