Which sentence contains a dependent clause?

question 5 options:

after i walked the dog, i gave him a bath.

i walked the dog, and i gave the dog a bath.

i walked the dog and bathed him.

bathing and walking the dog are my jobs.

the answer that is correct is the last option.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .