TASK DEFINITION: You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.
PROBLEM: The infection blocked his nasal passage, but the medicine cleared it up, the _ was powerless against it.

SOLUTION: infection

PROBLEM: The woman though the slip was less sensual than the nightgown, because the _ was lacy and revealing.

SOLUTION: nightgown

PROBLEM: It was natural that the cheese rolled down the hill and not the ham since the _ was blocky.

SOLUTION:
ham