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I would have to say a) the event that sets up the story's main conflict.
"initiate" mean to begin, or start off. The event that sets up the main conflict would most likely be the initiating event.
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The idealistic approach is more valuable in the long-term, because it not only offers solutions to present and future problems, but it also offers a vision: an idea about the future for a person, a corporation, a city, or a nation.
The practical approach is more valuable in the short-term. While long-term ideas and vision of the idealists can be fulfilled, there are many concrete problems that need to be solved in the meantime, and this is the time and place where practical people shine.
He wants to skip school so he can fish.