Question
Read the excerpts from the story Typhoon off the Coast of Japan by Jack London and answer the question that follows.
The wind was slowly rising, and by three o'clock as, with a dozen seals in our boat, we were deliberating whether to go on or turn back, the recall flag was run up at the schooner's mizzen--a sure sign that with the rising wind the barometer was falling and that our sailing-master was getting anxious for the welfare of the boats.
Away we went before the wind with a single reef in our sail. With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert--a glance at the schooner ahead, as we rose on a sea, another at the mainsheet, and then one astern where the dark ripple of the wind on the water told him of a coming puff or a large white-cap that threatened to overwhelm us. The waves were holding high carnival, performing the strangest antics, as with wild glee they danced along in fierce pursuit--now up, now down, here, there, and everywhere, until some great sea of liquid green with its milk-white crest of foam rose from the ocean's throbbing bosom and drove the others from view. But only for a moment, for again under new forms they reappeared. In the sun's path they wandered, where every ripple, great or small, every little spit or spray looked like molten silver, where the water lost its dark green color and became a dazzling, silvery flood, only to vanish and become a wild waste of sullen turbulence…
Which sentence tells that the sea was rough?
The waves were holding high carnival, performing the strangest antics, as with wild glee they danced along in fierce pursuit.
With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert.
With the rising wind the barometer was falling and that our sailing-master was getting anxious for the welfare of the boats.
The recall flag was run up at the schooner's mizzen.
The wind was slowly rising, and by three o'clock as, with a dozen seals in our boat, we were deliberating whether to go on or turn back, the recall flag was run up at the schooner's mizzen--a sure sign that with the rising wind the barometer was falling and that our sailing-master was getting anxious for the welfare of the boats.
Away we went before the wind with a single reef in our sail. With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert--a glance at the schooner ahead, as we rose on a sea, another at the mainsheet, and then one astern where the dark ripple of the wind on the water told him of a coming puff or a large white-cap that threatened to overwhelm us. The waves were holding high carnival, performing the strangest antics, as with wild glee they danced along in fierce pursuit--now up, now down, here, there, and everywhere, until some great sea of liquid green with its milk-white crest of foam rose from the ocean's throbbing bosom and drove the others from view. But only for a moment, for again under new forms they reappeared. In the sun's path they wandered, where every ripple, great or small, every little spit or spray looked like molten silver, where the water lost its dark green color and became a dazzling, silvery flood, only to vanish and become a wild waste of sullen turbulence…
Which sentence tells that the sea was rough?
The waves were holding high carnival, performing the strangest antics, as with wild glee they danced along in fierce pursuit.
With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert.
With the rising wind the barometer was falling and that our sailing-master was getting anxious for the welfare of the boats.
The recall flag was run up at the schooner's mizzen.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentence that tells that the sea was rough is: **"The waves were holding high carnival, performing the strangest antics, as with wild glee they danced along in fierce pursuit."** This vividly describes the tumultuous nature of the waves and their chaotic movement, indicating rough sea conditions.