Question

6 multiple choice 1 point
read these lines from stanza 1.
\the larks, still bravely singing, fly
scarce heard amid the guns below.\ (lines 3-4)
what does scarce mean as it is used in this sentence?
difficult to find
not many
hardly at all
not important

Explanation:

To determine the meaning of "scarce" in the sentence, we analyze the context. The larks' singing is "scarce heard amid the guns below"—the guns are loud, so the singing is barely heard. "Hardly at all" fits this context: "difficult to find" refers to location, not audibility; "not many" refers to quantity (not applicable to how heard); "not important" is irrelevant. So "hardly at all" is the correct meaning.

Answer:

hardly at all