<span>C) a fraud or mockery In the passage, the sham is a described as "an unholy license". It continues to talk about sounds as "empty and heartless". The passage describes how the celebration is a lie to him because does not see a reason to celebrate. It says that to him all these reasons for celebrating are nothing more than a deception or a lie. The shame is this deception or lie which is why fraud or mockery is the correct answer. </span>
