Both B and D use "publish" instead of published which is not on the correct tense, so we can rule those out. Then, I looked for another error, and you need an a before "patent clerk." So A, the other viable answer, was ruled out. C is correct.
These are times when great changes in education occur. The Age of Enlightenment and the Renaissance are two great examples where studies of the arts made huge progress
So the question is asking how the person thats telling the story use the story to explain facts about the natural world or specific Cherokee traditions. its sort like using the creation of the story as an example