2. What strategy does the writer use to tell us that perseverance is "a continuous, patient effort"?
(A) The writer links perseverance to the synonym persistence.
(B) The writer relates perseverance to the word located.
(C) The writer implies that Schliemann was impatient.
(D) The writer links perseverance to the word amateur.
(E) The writer contrasts perseverance with an antonym.