"<span>C. The street was lined with maple, oak, and beech trees; and in the park there were elms, cedars, and pines" is correct, although it would be possible to replace the semicolon with a comma. </span>
<span>It is called medieval literature to all those works written mainly in Europe during the Middle Ages, that is to say, during the approximately thousand years passed from the fall of the Roman Empire of the Occident until the beginnings of the Renaissance at the end of century XV. The literature of this time was composed basically of religious writings, a broad and complex concept, ranging from the most sacred to the most profane. Because of the great spatial and temporal amplitude of this period, it is difficult to speak of medieval literature in general terms without falling into simplifications. For this reason, it is more appropriate to characterize literary works by their place of origin, language or genre</span>
It suggests that men are superior to women and they (men) are the only ones with any power to control things in their society
The answer is
C. To introduce a list of items following an independent clause
