Choose the sentence elements that can be used as nouns.
adjective
infinitive
gerund
noun clause
participle
adverb

your answer is

A. Adjective

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Adjective : The poor  should be considered by the government. ( They should...)// The rich should pay higher taxes. The underlined words are functioning as nouns.

Infinitive: To smoke is dangerous. (It is dangerous.)

Gerund: Smoking is dangerous ( It is dangerous..) // I like reading books. (I like it.)

Noun clause: That he is a liar will be in the news. ( It will be...) // I do not think that he is married. ( I do not think so)

All the underlined elements can be subtituted for a pronoun or so : personal or impersnal. Look at the information in parentheses. So replaces a noun clause when the noun clause comes after a verb like "to think".

why does the crew join ahab's quest without hesitation?

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.