The word is pedant so the answer to your question is a
I believe the correct answer is pleasant and attentive.
The author is stating in the excerpt that he though he would be getting his freedom back because of his 'gentleness and good behavior.' He wanted everyone around him to feel happy but also to do good things in order to be free again.
Choice a : Explains what the nations need to do and elaborates some.
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Choice b only gives a statement of what the nations need to do.
Choice c is a question.
The answer would MOST LIKELY be C, since lain is the verb.
Complete sentence. The comma is used the right way so it wouldnt be a comma splice, and if you replaced the comma with a period it would be wrong, so not a run on. That is why it is a complete sentence