Tricky question. Andrew Lang wrote Aribian nights in 1855, however the story originated from aribic in 1706... And the merchant and the genie was a story about Abou Hassan, first written in English by, John Payne.
I think that the question is looking for a synonym of one word in the sentence.
and the answer would be:
1.the decorations were reminiscent (=reminding) of autumn leaves.
2.No buildings still stood at the epicenter=
- point on earth directly above an earthquake.
3.The puppy
wrested (pulled) the squeaky toy from under the couch.
4.Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and
passed his drivers license test
Here the best answer is "indirectly" since it's one of the meanings of the word "obliquely.
Give you their denotations.
