In the novel <em>"The Cat and the King"</em> based on French nobility stories from the court of Louis XIV, the affair of the alms bag involved The Duchesse de Bourgogne,The Lorrainers, Gabrielle and Saint Simon; the issue was started by the Lorrainers <em>(house of Guise members)</em>, this irritated Saint Simon who was married to Gabrielle.
<span>"Federal" refers to a system in which all of the states are independent in a sense, and power is shared between the state government and national government. Therefore, "D" is the correct answer.</span>
