The underlined word is a predicate nominative
Answer:
fragment
Explanation:
Here are two possibilities.
I stayed awake studying all night for the big test next week.
Studying all night for the big test next week was necessary if I wanted to have any hope of improving my grade in that class.
Sandford, legal case<span> in which the U.S. Supreme </span>Court<span> on March 6, 1857,</span>ruled<span> (7–2) that a slave (</span>Dred Scott<span>) who had resided in a free state and territory (where slavery was prohibited) was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States</span>
The answer is C (A, C, D, B)