Answer: Rigging means "set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in makeshift fashion.
", so I think the answer is A) Arranging.
Was is a linking verb that is the past tense form of the linking verb is which refers to an event that already happened. If and as if can be related to something that has happen. Suppose has a similar definition with the two verbs. Hence the answer is D. all of the above