The appropriate response is compound subject. A compound subject is a subject comprised of at least two straightforward subjects that are joined by a planning conjunction and that have a similar predicate. sentence may have more than one straightforward subject or basic predicate. A compound subject is at least two basic subjects that have a similar predicate.
The answer would be letter c..
In writing The General History Of Virginia, John Smith hoped to turn public opinion against the Native American population, by using inflated and heated rhetoric about them.
This sentence is a simple sentence, even though it has 'and'.