The banker had negative feelings towards the jurist. In the story, the jurist did him some not so good things. We would expect that the wager was done out of hatred for the jurist. The banker wanted to take revenge aginst the jurist.
My best guess would be, "B", "Grammatical conventions were much different then."
Answer:
"John hopes the sleeping bag will keep the den dark and the bear calm a bit longer."
Explanation:
John wants the bear to calm down, and he wants to keep the darkness within his refugee by covering the entrance with the sleeping bag, He is hiding from the bear because he wants to avoid being attacked by it.
It is false. More than 70 countries have banned it including the United States
