C. <span>". . . the man raised his eyes to the horizon and laughed . . ."</span>
the answer is the Medicis
Assumptions are practically guesses. You presume (or guess) what is going to happen or what did happen. View points, on the other hand, are things that have already happened, and you have made up your mind on your stance of the thing. i would go with D)
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