Hey there !
is a type of causal relationship
just think of
"chain of events" meaning the number of the actions and the effects which are very in the contact and they are associated together in the resulting in the specific aftermath
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chain of events goes in the blank)
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I would agree with you, artifice seems to be the correct answer, because those could be all the materials used to deceive us into thinking the actor is much older than he/she really is.
The answer to the question is c)