A. is the correct answer.
康熙, Kangzi was the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ruling from 5th February, 1661 till 20th December, 1722.
Noda is a Japanese-American. Therefore, she does not fall into neither white, nor black category. Her comprehension is affected by society's stereotypes of people. The confusion that Noda faces is about her definition of identity. She has left between the choice of society, such as media and people and her own understanding of Japanese identity in which how wrongfully it has been depicted in media.
