Asked by edfe

Read the passage from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography.

In the Yellowstone the animals seem always to behave as one wishes them to! It is always possible to see the sheep and deer and antelope, and also the great herds of elk, which are shyer than the smaller beasts. In April we found the elk weak after the short commons and hard living of winter.

What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt?
survival efforts
hunting season
long and cold season
trials and tribulations

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Trials and tribulations."

Explanation: "Short commons" means scarcity of food/supplies and "hard living of winter" describes the hardships animals endured, so the phrase refers to hardships or difficult conditions rather than hunting season or the animals' efforts.