Question

Read this sentence from the excerpt.. . They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,—strange creatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground.. . What does it mean when dogs live “obscurely in the recesses of the house”? Select one of the options below as your answer: A. They are not allowed out of the house. B. They stay or hide in the house. C. They are allowed in all parts of the house.

Answer 1

"They stay or hide in the house" is the choice among the choices given in the question that is actually meant by “obscurely in the recesses of the house”. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "B". I hope that this answer has come to your help.

Answer 2

The answer to this question is B. The only thing that can be learned from that sentence is that they stay or hide in the house. Obscurely means that they hide out of sight where they won't be discovered, recesses are the hidden away areas of the house that are not commonly seen.