Meaning of character

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-85 "Simple Present (2)", question 1

The other ......... in this anecdote is a young woman called Sally Fairweather.

(a) feature
(b) part
(c) character
(d) principal

Test No. incompl/inter-85 "Simple Present (2)", answer 1

The other character in this anecdote is a young woman called Sally Fairweather.

Correct answer: (c) character
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part

[Alan]

We use character here because it refers to a person.
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