Question

instructions
read the question carefully and select the best answer.
what is most closely the meaning of the word bark as it is used in the passage below?
it is the star to every wandering bark,
whose worths unknown, although his height be taken
a. verb | yap (like a dog)
b. verb | to search
c. noun | cortex
d. noun | a boat or ship
best: fl-ela.k12.ee.21

Explanation:

The passage uses "bark" as a noun referring to the tough outer covering of a tree (a "wandering bark" here is a poetic way to call a tree, as trees are rooted but the phrase frames it as a wandering entity, and bark is the tree's outer layer). Option C refers to the tree's cortex, which matches this meaning. Other options refer to the dog's vocalization (verb/noun), a searching term, or a boat, which do not fit the context.

Answer:

C. noun I cortex