The subordinate clause here is A, "as the layers of ash slowly compressed". Subordinate means that it cannot exist on its own, it has to be a part of the main, independent clause.
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According to Hobbes (Leviathan, 1651), the state of nature was one in which there were no enforceable criteria of right and wrong.
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El gobierno de la República Dominicana se lleva a cabo en un marco de una democracia representativa, mediante la cual el Presidente de la República Dominicana es a la vez Jefe de Estado y jefe de gobierno, y de un sistema multipartidista. El poder ejecutivo es ejercido por el gobierno.
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Answer: C. The hobbits live together near a great field.
The correct option would be C. Option A assumes that the ropes and poles are there because of a birthday party, but the passage makes no mention of the cause. Option B similarly assumes that Bilbo is the cause of this commotion, which the passage similarly does not state. Option D claims Gaffer Gamgee to be lazy, even though the passage claims he was distracted, and not necessarily lazy. Option C, however, states that the hobbits live together near a field, which is information that is included in the passage.