Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The tableau of human suffering was etched into memory by the war artist.
The cabinet's tableau was rearranged after the reshuffle.
In the highlighted sentence, tableau means a striking visual scene or picture — a vivid representation of something (here, human suffering depicted by an artist).
A homonym is a word that has the same spelling/pronunciation but a different meaning. Examine each option:
• (1) “silent tableau on stage” — same sense (a frozen visual scene by performers).
• (2) “tableau of events after partition” — same sense (a vivid scene/picture).
• (3) “metaphorical symbols and figures” — same sense (a composed pictorial scene).
• (4) “cabinet's tableau was rearranged after the reshuffle” — here tableau is used in the political sense of the line-up or arrangement of cabinet ministers, a different meaning from the artistic “visual scene”. ✓
Hence option (4) contains the homonym usage.
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