I believe the answer is B. Cautiously curious
(The poem is "A Thousand Martyrs" by Aphra Behn)
Answer: They reveal that the speaker enters relationships for her own amusement.
Explanation: The word <em>alone</em> is crucial here. The author is telling us that she always took "the glory and the spoils" (the things you take after winning a war) for herself only, <em>laughing</em>, i.e., amusing herself while being unworried with the other person's suffering.
Was waving
You can say it like:
"Every man was waving a flag"
"Every woman was waving a flag"
"Every child was waving a flag"
It also makes sense to say it in present tense
"Every man is waving a flag"
"Every woman is waving a flag"
It wouldn't make sense to say:
"Every man are waving a flag"
"Every man be waving a flag"
Mari used a thermometer to record temperatures of -3.4° Celsius and 1.6° Celsius.
Which temperature in degrees Celsius is less than both of the temperatures Mari recorded?