i think it is d, i hope this helped~ :)
A. the effects of violence. I believe this is correct. The speech I am reading is a Ceremony for the War Dead
, it mentions the effects of war a lot.
B. the difficulty of change. Although he mentions change, the theme is no the difficulty of change, maybe the necessity.
C. the quest for knowledge. In his speech there is no mention of the quest for knowledge.
D. the struggle for meaning. I do not see anything that mentions a struggle for meaning.
As you can see from above, the answer should be A.
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It seems that you have already filled the correct pronoun in the blank provided. Yes, the correct answer to complete this sentence is the pronoun "this". The pronoun "this" is an example of a demonstrative pronoun. Other demonstrative pronouns also include these, those, and that. Hope this answer helps.