A ruler, like superior ruler, having the most power.
The answers are the following:
<span>1. The "principal breeders" of the nation refer to </span>B) The Catholic Population in Poverty
2. In the last line, the writer talks about the "good Protestants" to <span>B) Criticize the growing influence of the Catholic Population</span>
<span>Although, we know for a fact that Gatsby's parties are on a much grander scale that Tom's, G</span><span>atsby's patties compare with Tom's in the sense that </span>the end results are more or less the same: everyone gets drunk acts foolishly.
Direct Characterization or D
I think it's A, because "very" seems like a weak word, and "nice" also seems like a weak word judging by the sentence. Hope I helped! :D