My <u><em>hunch</em></u> turned out to be correct that evening... The answer is letter B. The word <em>feeling</em> is the only substitute from the alternatives that has the same meaning of the word <em>hunch </em>and can help the reader understand the meaning of the paragraph. The words guessed, bounded and daydreamed are not nouns.
His warnings were the political parties would divide people. They were not heeded because many people had different ideas, values and disagreements. Many different political parties have been registered over the years but the only two which evolved and survived are the two we have today.