Question

NEED HELP AAASSSAAAPPP Read the following passage and answer the question. "I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said, ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, ‘It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.'" The word quarry has several different meanings. Which one is being used in the previous passage?

A. a hunted animal
B. a square or diamond shape
C. open are for mining
D. source

Answer 1

A. A hunted animal

The word quarry is being used as a noun defined as an animal pursued by a hunter.

Answer 2

Answer: A) a hunted animal.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). From the given options, the one that represents the denotation of the word "quarry" as used in the passage is the corresponding to option A: a hunted animal, because they are talking about the characteristics of the ideal animal to hunt.