Question

read this sentence from \excerpt from ethan frome.\ here, after considerable search, and sympathetic questions as to what he wanted it for, and whether ordinary flour paste wouldn’t do as well if she couldn’t find it, the widow homan finally hunted down her solitary bottle of glue to its hiding-place in a medley of cough-lozenges and corset-laces. which word could be used in place of medley without changing the meaning of the sentence?
○ container
○ display

Explanation:

First, we analyze the meaning of "medley" in the sentence. "Medley" here refers to a mixture or assortment of different items (cough - lozenges and corset - laces). Now we check the options:

• "container" refers to a thing that holds something, not a mixture of items.
• Wait, there seems to be a missing option (maybe "mixture" or "assortment" - like words). But among the given options, perhaps there was a typo or missing option. However, if we assume the intended correct option (maybe a third option was missed, but from the given two, neither is correct. But if we consider that maybe the options were mis - presented, and the correct synonym for "medley" in the context of a mixture of items would be a word like "mixture" or "assortment". But since the given options are "container" and "display", neither is correct. But maybe there was an error in the problem. If we have to choose from the given, but actually, "medley" means a mixed collection, so neither "container" (which is a holder) nor "display" (which is a showing) is correct. But perhaps the original problem had a third option like "mixture" or "assortment".

Answer:

(Note: There seems to be an error in the provided options as neither "container" nor "display" is a correct synonym for "medley" in this context. If we assume a missing option, the correct word should be a synonym for "mixture" or "assortment" like "mixture", "assortment", "hodgepodge" etc. But with the given options, no correct answer among them.)