Question

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In this passage, the word flight means

A) an act of running away.
B) a continuous series of stairs.
C) an act of passing through the air.
D) a brilliant, imaginative exercise or display.

When the general, nursing his bruised shoulder, had gone, Rainsford took up his flight again. It was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight, that carried him on for some hours. Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed on. The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With a violent effort, he tore his foot loose. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp and its quicksand.

Answer 1

A. an act of running away
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Answer 2

A. An act of running away

Step-by-step explanation:

In this excerpt flight means the act of running away. We know that Rainsford was on the ground (since it says "the ground grew softer under his moccasins"). Therefore, it can not be a flight in the air. Since the "flight" carried on for hours and we know he was moving, the best choice is "an act of running away."