Answer:
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations.
Explanation:
it's either a letter, speech, or a diary entry
(1) infinitive, (2) past tense, (3) present participle, and (4) past participle.
Hence, the option B.
The answer for this question would be B) indirect or the second option.