<em>Answer:</em>
(You did not include a vocabulary list so I put in my own words.)
Wise : Astute
Crucial : Vital
Trivial : Useless
Adequate : Satisfactory
Enthralling : Intriguing
Dull : Monotonous
Doubtful : Dubious
Feeble : Fragile
I would be on the side of the prisoner, and to the last I would try to protect him.
B gives the best summary of the paragraph
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