Read the following sentences from "Rhinoceros."

"You're completely lost in a dense alcoholic haze . . ."
"Which rises from the stomach . . ."
"Yes. And has pervaded your brain. What marshy woods can you think of round about here? Our province is so arid they it Little Castile."
"Perhaps it sheltered under a pebble? Perhaps it made its nest on a dry branch?"
"How tiresome you are with your paradoxes. You're quite incapable of talking seriously."
"Today, particularly."
"Today and every other day."
"Don't lose your temper, my dear Jean. We're not going to quarrel about that creature . . ."

We changed the subject of our conversation and began to talk about the weather again, about the rain which fell so rarely in our region, about the need to provide our sky with artificial clouds, and other banal and insoluble questions.

1.
Based on their dialogue, the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator and Jean.

avoid bantering with one another.
are concerned about each other's health.
frequently engage in pointless arguments.
become easily irritated with unrealistic notions.


2.
In the short story "Rhinoceros," the image of the rhinoceros is used to connect all of the following literary elements except:

characters.
theme.
situations.
setting.


For question 3, identify the adjectival clause.
3.

The school where my cousin attends is two blocks away.


school where my cousin attends
where my cousin attends
attends is two blocks away
two blocks away

For question 4, identify the word modified by the underlined adjectival clause.
4.

Jill is wearing earrings that have gold posts.


Jill
is
wearing
earrings


For question 5, identify the usage of the underlined relative pronoun in the bolded adjectival clause.
5.
Ms. Hayes, who loved teaching, dedicated her life to education.

direct object
subject
object of a preposition
possession

Respuesta :

1) frequently engage in pointless arguments.
2) setting.
3) where my cousin attends
4) earrings
5) subject

1. frequently pointless arguments

In the passage, it says, "You're quite incapable of talking seriously...today and every other day." This shows that their arguments are pointless because of the lack of seriousness. We also know this is a frequent occurrence because it says it happens every day.

2. setting

The rhinoceros can not be indicative of the time and place which is the definition of setting.

3. where my cousin attends

An adjectival clause describes a noun. The phrase "where my cousin attends" describes which school the narrator is talking about.

4. earrings

The adjectival clause "that have gold posts" describes which earrings Jill is wearing.

5. subject

The relative pronoun is "who" and it is the subject of "loved teaching".