C.) past
because you use the word beaten and never which means its past.
(I think you mean chess not chest)
:)
(B)1. The audience screamed in horror when the acrobat walked on the high wire. 2. The owl hoots at night. 3. An ice-hockey match ended with a face-off instead of a kick-off. 4. The two old women sipped their tea and talked about the carry-on of young people nowadays. 5. The lazy pupil failed the test for the third time in a row. 6. The player received the ball, ran past three players and kicked the ball into the back of the net. 7. Keats enjoyed the poet who first spoke. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
It can be inferred from the excerpt that the narrator feels relieved that the President was no longer defensive but touched by the suffering of the people who had undergone the unfortunate incident which is also inferred. See the textual evidence below.
<h3>What is the textual evidence for the above?</h3>
The textual evidence that supports the above inference is given in Lines 290-291 - "I knew somehow that during the night his defenses had crumbled and he had given in to grief; <u>finally </u>he was vulnerable."
Notice the word "finally". This suggests that the narrator had been waiting for that to happen, hence the inference.
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