The correct answer is B. (9). It should read it's, not its.
The second, third, and fourth are correct.
A person who acts
stoically amid torment is one who exhibits the capacity to continue torment
under cruel conditions without hinting any sign of pain in response to this extensive
torment.
<span>The picture depicted
by this action is one of being unafraid, and they needed to demonstrate to
their captors that they were not perplexed or afraid of death or an excruciating
end.</span>
