Question

the unknown history of the saxophone
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(5)having decided, however, that his true passion, like his father, lay in designing and engineering instruments, he moved to paris in 1842 and opened a workshop.
if the writer were to delete the underlined portion, (adjusting the capitalizing as needed) the sentence would primarily lose:
select one answer
a a detail explaining the deep emotional connection between adolphe and his father.
b an explanation of the reason adolphe left the conservatoire and moved to paris.
c a vivid description of adolphe’s troubled emotional state.
d an explanation of adolphe’s expulsion from the conservatoire.

Explanation:

The underlined portion "that his true passion, like his father, lay in designing and engineering instruments" shows a connection between Adolphe and his father (shared passion). Option A says it's a detail explaining the deep emotional connection between them (due to shared passion). Option B is wrong as it's not about why he left the Conservatoire. Option C is wrong (no troubled emotional state). Option D is wrong (no expulsion). So A is correct.

Answer:

A. A detail explaining the deep emotional connection between Adolphe and his father.