The answer is most likely D! :)
Hope this helps!
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I feel 'while' would be the connecting word here. Without it the sentence flops and it helps add onto it with the extra sentence part.
I sharpened your pencil. You were away.
'While' should be the conjunction.
Macbeth, similarly to many other plays, was sponsored by King James of Scotland, who later became King James of England. He was a patron of Shakespeare's acting company.