For the answer to the question above, I believe it is various forms of be. 
The most common linking verbs are, am, is, are, was, were, being, and been, so the correct answer is the third choice among the given questions.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The second answer.  Im 95% sure.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
Two-Party System.
Explanation:
A two-party system is a type of party system where two parties dominate political life. In the countries described by the term, other parties are also legal and active, and therefore it should not be confused with a one-party state, where parties other than the ruling party are generally illegal, but these parties do not have almost any political relevance at the national level. 
It has been stated, among other things, that such systems always offer two clear government alternatives, and that the relevance of personal elections is considered to increase, as personal positions on various issues become increasingly important. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
<u>from the book: "The Lady, or the Tiger" by Frank R. Stockton</u>
Explanation:
The original paragraph in the book where we get this quote reads;
"When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day <em>the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, </em>for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism."
 
        
             
        
        
        
It’s A, the narrator is being persuasive.