B) conversational let me know if this helps!
A comma is used as a short pause to create meaning to the words you are saying, where you put the comma depends on what word in the sentence you wish to highlight the most
in my opinion i would put the comma in one of two places
<span>The long winding road, was dark and ominous.
</span><span>The long winding road was dark, and ominous</span>
Answer: XYZ Decided to make his followers laugh
People flocked to him to listen
his jokes and return home laughing
The Monk would make fun of himself
to insure that there would not be even a single
gloomy face in the crowd.
His last wish is to be cremated under a tree in
his compound.
(I am not sure about how much am I allowed to change-
the sentence structure, I did my best)
Hmm... I wanna say either 1 or 4? but I could be wrong-