Read this sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles wingspanens:
The guard soon replaced his blunderbuss in his arm-chest, and, having looked to the rest of its contents, and having looked to the supplementary pistols that he wore in his belt, looked to a smaller chest beneath his seat, in which there were a few smith's tools, a couple of torches, and a tinder-box . . .

Based on the context, a blunderbuss is most likely which of the following?

A coin
A flashlight
A vest
A weapon

Question

Read this sentence from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles wingspanens:
The guard soon replaced his blunderbuss in his arm-chest, and, having looked to the rest of its contents, and having looked to the supplementary pistols that he wore in his belt, looked to a smaller chest beneath his seat, in which there were a few smith's tools, a couple of torches, and a tinder-box . . .

Based on the context, a blunderbuss is most likely which of the following? 

 	
	A coin
	A flashlight
	A vest
	A weapon

anonymous · Answer

an arm-chest is a container that holds weapons. the passage speaks of a guard (who must own weapons with which to guard) checking over items, such as pistols. it is therefore a safe assumption that a blunderbus is a weapon