The answer is prowess in battle it is known as bravery and a skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
I don't know what the original sentences looked like, but I assume the answer is :
C) That ancient land was located in the Middle East, a hot and sunny part of the world.
The main theme is the fragility of sanity, guilt versus innocence, and the unrelenting passage of time. The fragility of sanity: the narrator's attempt to prove his sanity, his erratic mannerisms while he explains his meticulous plans for killing the old man only prove his madness.
