The correct answer is 3.
These three are Old English, until the 12th century, Middle English, until the 16th century, and Modern English, since Shakespeare.
I believe that Russel Baker humorously uses first-person point of view in "No Gumption' to describe the problems of the Great Depression, I would say the answer is A.
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