I feel like the tone in these few lines is that of stubbornness, so (D).
The author talks about how the fruit struggles and continues to grow despite of everything going against it. This is probably a reference to something else. ( I think the rights of colored people?"
The correct answer is - Odysseus and his men blind the Cyclops.
The Cyclops captured Odysseus and his men in his cave and didn't let them out because he wanted to eat them. However, the hero and his companions hurt the Cyclops' eye and managed to escape the cave and thus they weren't eaten alive thanks to Odysseus' genius.
Multiple choice questions are also called closed ended questions
