Interpersonal skills are close to emotional intelligence. You need to understand other people, their motivations, and their state. You need to know timing, because if you ask people something on the wrong time, the answer will always be no. You have to self control and understand that what matters to you, it does not have to matter for another person. Everyone is different and you have to respect that if you want to be respected.
I think the answer is the second choice; bashing.
1: a
2: b
3 b
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The answer is: C. One must follow one’s own moral code, no matter the price.
In the first excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes" Antigone has buried Polyneices, she was following the god laws and her beliefs, despites Creon edict and the possible consequences of her acts, in the second one the author is talking about the strength of the woman in Britain.