I think it is e because A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can't stand alone.
In the story,"Acrhimedes and the Siege of Syracuse", King Hieron has a problem at the beginning. King Hieron problem was that the Romans were angry at the Carthaginians, because they can't tade soflty or nicely. It makes King Hieron more pumped and more mad. He gets//hires people to stop this and fix it. In conclusion, this is what King Hieron problem was.
The correct answer is paradox.
Paradox is a figure of speech that combines two completely opposite things into one. In the excerpt above, we can see that the speaker is willing to wait for his/her loved one his/her entire life, however, only if they don't take too long to get to him/her. This is a paradox because they weren't willing to wait for them long in the first place, as it turns out.
