Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “Thank yuhfuhyo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ’bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home.”Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. She had never thought of making a speech, and didn’t know if she cared to make one at all. It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things. But anyway, shewent down the road behind him that night feeling cold. He strode along invested with his new dignity, thought and planned out loud, unconscious of her thoughts.

What is the significance of this excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God? Select all that apply.

A. Janie smothers her anger with silence.
B. Jody exerts his masculine power over Janie.
C. Janie expresses her identity in a subtle way.
D. Jody defends Janie in front of the townspeople.