Token:
1. something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of god's covenant established with noah.
2. a memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
3. something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
4. a piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

which is the correct meaning for token as it is used in this sentence?

vainly he hopes for the muskellunge who has just gone somewhere else, but, by the same token, the sure-enough angler is ready to go out next morning, rain or shine, at sunrise.
a) definition 1
b) definition 2
c) definition 3
d) definition 4

In mandatory military service in america one of the main arguments states that americans should share benefits and responsibilities of citizenship.

Read the sentence from the war of the worlds. i turned, and as i did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. which option is the accurate synonym of the word concussion as it is used in the sentence? explosion disruption crash interruption

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar. and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun. at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic. my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.