I believe the answer is: A) because he wants to address citizens immediate concerns
When citizens hears the news about a loss battle, their morale would took a hit and their support for the army to join the war would start decreasing. Because of this, Churchill address the issue in order to keep the morale high and the citizens do not lose hope with the cause.
It's a simile because a simile a coparison between two things that are not alike and replaces a word with another word. Also uses the words, like or as.
hopefully this will help
Answer:
Tom
Explanation: Subject answers to a question Who? So in this case Tom is the one that did something, aka offered you a piece of cake.