people overlooking important evidence
leaders making mistakes in judgment
people acting without thinking of the consequences
people acting without a larger goal or plan
I just did the test
Here are some questions to help you get a good contextualization of the text:
1. What is the story about?
2. Look at the author of the text. Could there be some bias?
2. What is the theme? Any underlining messages?
3. Does anything contradict itself, theme wise or story wise?
4. What does the author want you to understand or grasp?
5. Does the author do a good job of it? If not, what did you actually gather from the story?
Strong because “strenuously carried out;done with great effort” is one of the definitions
I believe that you are correct that D is the right answer.