Answer:
a context clue is something in a sentence that can help you find out what something means. If you don't know what a word or phrase means, there may be things in the sentence or paragraph that explain it or give hints to what that word or phase could mean.
I believe it is the first quotation. "Cork hats and newspapers of more than eight pages were invented for the rain."
I think this is the correct answer because this quotation doesn't even mention umbrellas, but tells us about the other things we can put on our heads when it rains. The second, third, and fourth options may have non-comical meaning as well, depending on the context.
The growing uncertainty about the outcome of events
