Before we leave this place, we always visit my great-grandmother’s buckskin dress. We mount the stairs and walk through the museum’s main hall—past the dinosaur bones all strung together, and the stuffed elephants lifting their trunks in a mute trumpet. Answer choices for the above question

A. noun | a person lacking the ability to speak

B. noun | a device on a TV, phone or other appliance that turns off the sound

C. adjective | characterised by an absence of sound

D. adjective | refraining from talking, speechless