Question

"Anne Hutchinson is present," a male voice announced from somewhere in the crowded meetinghouse, momentarily quieting the din that filled its cavernous hall.

To which noun does the pronoun in bold refer?

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Question 20 options:


Ann Hutchinson



cavernous hall



meetinghouse



male voice

Answer 1

C) Meetinghouse

Step-by-step explanation:

The cavernous room is part of the meetinghouse, which means the pronoun its is referring to the meeting house as a whole.

Answer 2

Meetinghouse

Step-by-step explanation:

In this sentence, the bolded pronoun is "its." This is a possessive pronoun, which means that it shows that the "cavernous hall" belongs to the noun the pronoun refers to. This noun is "meetinghouse." Therefore, what the pronoun indicates is that the cavernous hall belonged to the crowded meetinghouse.