Number one: You're answer is D. The government controlled everything, due to it being Communist.
Number two: The answer is C. When oil lost it's price dramatically, the USSR's economy fell and it could no longer control the Middle East as well as before
Number Three: The answer is A. Socialist republic Russia today isn't officially a communist country. But there are many communist factors, and traits that it is using right now.
What was important about Tolkien's perception of Beowulf was that his translation and analysis focused more on the artistic values of the content and the verse, and less on the historical value that had been in the focus of the academia up until that time.
Because he was the leader if the Continental Army and he did many other things for our country.
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