What does the meaning of “Prompted” as it is used in paragraph 7?

Suppose you connect a battery to a small light bulb with a single wire. what do you think will happen? explain your answer.

Read the sentence. bose ikard, a former slave, managed one of the largest thriving ranches in texas. which is the verb of the sentence? managed thriving a former slave bose ikard

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.