Normally, this means that you're already in removal proceedings and are trying to find a way to legally stay in the country. Essentially, a defensive asylum claim is a way to defend yourself from being deported by an immigration judge.
Answer: C
Explanation:
150-152. that they were . . . Where my son lies: i.e., if Ferdinand and Miranda were king and queen of Naples I would wish for nothing else and glady lie dead on the floor of the sea.