B. Asserted Defintion: Assert: Forcefully state a opinion.
This would be the most likely answer, considering that she wants to talk about what she thinks should be done with the crime factor of the city.
I am pretty sure that in brooks' novel, the rector presents the plague as <span>a chance to save the souls of nonbelievers. I consider the third option as the correct one as author represented as if it will refine the villape people's souls.
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Will it be beastiary? (beast fable)