Question

all in the days work by ida m. tarbell (1) the older i grew, the more determined i became to be independent. i saw only one way—teach; but if i was to teach i must fit myself, go to college. my father and mother agreed. i had a clear notion of what i wanted to teach—natural science, particularly the microscope, for i was to be a biologist. i made my choice—cornell, first opened to women in 1872; but at the moment when the steps to enter cornell were to be taken, there appeared in the household as an over - sunday guest the president of a small college in our neighborhood, only thirty miles away, allegheny. among the patrons of that college was the methodist organization known as the erie conference, to which the titusville church belonged. i had heard of it annually when a representative appeared in our pulpit, told its story and asked for support. the president, dr. lucius bugbee, was a delightful and entertaining guest and, learning that i was headed cornellward, adroitly painted the advantages of allegheny. it was near home; it was a ward of our church. it had responded to the cry of women for educational opportunity and had opened its doors before the institution i had chosen. (2) was not here an opportunity for a serious young woman interested in the advancement of her sex? had i not a responsibility in the matter? if the few colleges that had opened their doors were to keep them open, if others were to imitate their example, two things were select the correct answer. read the sentence from paragraph 3, then read the dictionary entry for the word dormant. but the sense of responsibility was not lacking nor dormant in me. dormant adjective 1. not actively growing but protected from the environment 2. asleep; having biological activity put on hold 3. temporarily suspended yet capable of being activated 4. momentarily devoid of external activity which dictionary entry best shows how dormant is used in the sentence? a. definition 1 b. definition 3 c. definition 2 d. definition 4

Explanation:

To determine the correct dictionary entry for "dormant" in the sentence, we analyze the context. The sentence says the sense of responsibility was not lacking nor dormant, meaning it wasn't inactive in a way that it couldn't be activated. Definition 3 ("temporarily suspended yet capable of being activated") fits this context, as the responsibility wasn't inactive in a permanent way but could be active. Definition 1 refers to growth, definition 2 to biological sleep, and definition 4 to momentary external inactivity, which don't match the context of a sense of responsibility.

Answer:

B. definition 3