The answer is b; capable of being felt or touched
I believe "vehement" is the correct answer. It means that it shows strong, powerful, passionate speech and tone.
Since nothing is underlined i presume that the underlined pronoun is them. It is in the dative case because them is an object and answers the question to whom was something done. Them refers to the trainer's team.
D. Mrs. Van Daan is jealous.
The speaker is using allusion it this line.
Allusion is a figure of speech in which something outside of the source text is being referred to. So here, Bacchus, Satan, and the Hangman aren't actually characters in this literary piece of work, but the author is making a reference to them nevertheless.
