C) This suggests that <u>nothing lively</u> has really ever occured in the city.
A) Abolished would be the correct answer :)
I think that the best letter answer is B
The answer would be (A) again because in a essay you are stating your points and you have a structure on how to do it and it must be consistent throughout the whole essay or its going to be choppy and you wont get a good grade. hopefully that made sense. The other answers wouldn't make sense. So go with (A)
I believe it is a simple present sentence.