I would say that the best theme to address those key points listed, would be: A. Feeling hopeless is unreasonable when faced with challenges. In other words, we shouldn't feel as if the end of that world is at hand, just because challenges and tests come our way. That is to be expected. Hope that helps.
The correct answer would be steep.
More appeals to the values of kings to persuade them not to impoverish their subject since more appeals to kings by pointing out that mistreatment of the populace is the fastest road to <span>revolution. Hope this answers your question. Have a great day ahead!</span>