The correct answer has to be D).
An adverb is a word or a group of words that modifies an adjective, a verb or even an adverb. It generally answers the questions when? how? where? how much? and at what extent? Typically, it is easy to spot an adverb in the sentence because it ends in a suffix -ly. In the given sentence above, the adverb is the word "briefly" which modifies the verb "paused".
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in a feasting hall in the mountain
I would choose option A for this very subjective question, as "handiness" would capture the suitability of form and ease of access. Which are features present in the construction of the birds nest, that represent its perfect convenience, along with beauty and contexture. And not only the form.
But taking the answer given, and assuming that the whole Montaigne piece focuses in the material aspects of nature´s creations, not the functional aspects, "Suitability of form" is the right answer, as it already relates to the next example of nature´s perfection: the spider web.