Answer:
I can tell you put a lot of time into writing this section of your essay, so I'm going to suggest a few areas where you can make it even stronger.
The answer is D. Cheerless
The figurative language that
exists within this excerpt can be identified with the phrases “recesses … to
which he never came,” “his austerity could never blight,” and “keep the fire of
my nature continually low,” provide readers with a feeling of loneliness,
suppression, and sadness. A person who felt this way or spoke these
things would most likely be without happiness and without cheer—or cheerless.
I think C. with many cars
It already has "you have to..." so it automatically crosses out the last two and limitation doesn't make sense. This leaves you with simply "limit"