Answer:
b. Believes.
Explanation:
Subject-verb agreement refers to the use of the same number for the subject and the verb used. In other words, the subject-verb agreement means the subject and the verb are the same in number, meaning a singular subject will have a singular verb, a plural subject will have a plural verb, etc.
In the given sentence, the subject is "neither of my little brothers". This means it is a singular subject, referring to none of the brothers. Thus, according to the subject-verb agreement, the verb will be in the singular too.
Therefore, the correct sentence will be
Neither of my little brothers <u><em>believes</em></u> in Santa Claus.
The sentence contains a dangling modifier.
As it is written the modifier "considering the candidates" seems to be describing "one." However, one is not doing the considering; instead, "one" is a candidate.
A better revision might be "Considering the candidates, I feel one stands out as the best choice." In this way, the person doing the considering is made clear.
The deed that Hedda refest to here is what she thinks is Lovborg’s suicide.
Hedda, while talking to Brack, characterizes Lovborg's suicide as "<em>the last great act</em>", claiming that she admires that "<em>he should have the will and the strength to turn away from the banquet of life</em>".
She believes that Lovborg was brave upon deciding to take his own life so young, as the quote clearly states ("a deed of deliberate courage".)