I think that it was because he admired what he saw as the strong rebelliousness of a pioneer woman.
Intense and extreme are synonyms so the answer is D
<span>He could have spoken at a steady pace and volume throughout the presentation.</span>
The correct answer is C. In "The Things They Carried," the group of men have to find and destroy certain tunnels. One man must to go into the tunnel headfirst, a role that none of them want to do. To decide, they pull numbers, with 17 being the unlucky one. Lee Strunk pulls number 17 (equivalent to the shortest straw).