It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.
In which sentence does the underlined word have a connotation most similar to madness as the author uses it in the selection?
A. As Myeshia came forward to take the free throw shot, the energetic crowd announced its enthusiasm with shouts and cheers.
B. The student activities committee proposed changing the date of our school’s annual winter festivities due to the forecast of snow and ice.
C. Gritting her teeth, Naomi prepared for chaos as she entered the bustling bus station at the peak of the afterschool release rush.
D. After the study concluded, the council proposed a new rec center to correct the two neighborhoods’ imbalance in access to community facilities.
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The word "madness" in the context of the sentence suggests a sense of chaos or frenzied excitement associated with the carnival season. The sentence that has a connotation most similar to this idea of chaos is:
C. Gritting her teeth, Naomi prepared for chaos as she entered the bustling bus station at the peak of the afterschool release rush.
Here, "chaos" conveys a similar sense of disorder and tumult, akin to "madness" in the context of the carnival.
