It's irony because Fortunato's name means fortunate and he ends up in an unfortunate situation.
I want ot say that you answers are between A) segregation or option C) school funding but i strongly believe its a
Answer:
B. expanded education
C. reformed legal system
F. attempts to make life better for the commoners
Explanation:
Catherine The Great similar to many rulers from the period she was ruling was known as an absolute monarch. She mostly reigned without allowing anyone to interfere in her decisions, but through the influence of Enlightenment movement she made some good decisions. Among them are the mentioned ones - expanded education, reformed legal system and improvement of life conditions for commoners.
Well Montesquieu admired England John Locke (i think) Who was a famous liberal and empiricist of a preceding generation. And he was influenced by the great Isaac Newton physics and believed in a god that had made those laws. But he believed humanity had a free will. and god did not direct human affairs . He believed a god who controlled humans as puppets would not have made them smart
Soviet Union wished to strip Germany of its Industry.
Hope this helped :)