The correct answer is C. In "The Things They Carried," the group of men have to find and destroy certain tunnels. One man must to go into the tunnel headfirst, a role that none of them want to do. To decide, they pull numbers, with 17 being the unlucky one. Lee Strunk pulls number 17 (equivalent to the shortest straw).
Being able to have a sticky piece of paper and to have reminders or good notes on it
Financial analysts because all the other choices are biased because they either want to support their own company or paid to make it look good
The infinitive can appear by itself, or it can be part of a larger infinitive phrase.
Examples of infinitives:
To run
To walk
To cook
To understand
To make
The answer is D: to show that ethers are many