I think it is D. Possibly A but most likely D. Hope this helps :)
Knowing that the narrator is speaking directly to you as the reader and giving only his perception of what happened leads to questions of whether or not he is a reliable narrator and lends an air of mystery to the story. In the opening of the story he even says he does not expect to be believed and that his “senses reject their own evidence,” so the reader cannot be sure of what is true....
Answer:
First Option: Art and intellectual activity flourished in Europe
Explanation:
The Renaissance (French - rebirth) is period of cultural, artistic, intellectual, political and economic flourishing which took place in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth century. It is called Renaissance because it was rediscovery (rebirth) of classical philosophy, literature and art of ancient Rome and Greece.
Second option is incorrect because fall or decline of Rome was completed in 476, some ten centuries (A millennium) before The Renaissance.
Third option is incorrect because as a result of The Renaissance, Europe exited from Feudalism and started adopting a society based on merchants and commerce.
Fourth option is incorrect because creativity was one of the elements of The Renaissance.
