Question

Rewrite the following compound sentence as a complex sentence by changing the italicized clause to a subordinate clause. "Quality" is a short story about an elderly boot maker, and his name is Mr. Gessler\.

Answer 1

"Quality" is a short story about an elderly boot maker whose name is Mr. Gessler. 
"whose" is the subordinating conjunction here, and creates the subordinating clause "whose name is Mr. Gessler."

Answer 2

Answer:

The best answer could be: "Mr. Gessler is the name of an elderly boot maker, part of the short story "Quality".

Explanation:

The sentence presented is a compound one, and after rewriting it as a complex one, that becomes a subordinate clause by changing the order of the phrases and by adding some other words. Although a complex sentence may be an independent clause, this one becomes a subordinate clause because its phrases are reversed.