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Question:: The septuagenarian woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm knocked a bowl of potato chips off his lap.
Answer:: The answer adverb is correct.
Explanation:: In this sentence, the prepositional phrase off his lap functions as an adverb modifying the verb knocked.