Respuesta :
A. A hunted animal
The word quarry is being used as a noun defined as an animal pursued by a hunter.
Answer: A) a hunted animal.
Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). From the given options, the one that represents the denotation of the word "quarry" as used in the passage is the corresponding to option A: a hunted animal, because they are talking about the characteristics of the ideal animal to hunt.