The correct answer is C. Biography.
Explanation
A biography is a type of text in which the life story of a person is recorded. Usually, it is a written narrative that summarizes the main events in a person's life. In general, this literary genre is narrative and expository and is written in the third person. The basis of the biography is the exact and precise data, such as dates, names, and places. According to the above, the fragment of the question is a biography because it tells aspects of Robert Browning's life such as his childhood, his taste for the arts, his studies in London, among other events. So the correct answer is C.
Assuming that the bolded word is winner, the correct answer is object complement.
The word winner refers to the word <em>play - </em>and given that the word play is the direct object of this sentence, then the word <em>winner </em>will be its complement - it will complete it, and answer the question What did the critics declare the play to be?
It cannot be a predicate nominative because it is not preceded by a verb. It cannot be a direct object because that is <em>the play. </em>It cannot be a predicate adjective because it is a noun, not an adjective.
I'm traveling to the United States for the first time. What do you know about manners in the U.S.? What tips do you have about being polite?