ANSWER: D
Reasoning: Adults are less likely to be entertained by talking animals because they know that animals can’t possibly talk. But children, on the other hand, believe whatever they read.
Answer: politics
Explanation:
The underlined key words aren't shown in this situation. Despite some further searches made online regarding the question, I couldn't get the underlined words as well even though I got the excerpt.
Through the online searches, the underlined key terms mostly relates to politics. Therefore, the correct option is A.
In Thomas Hardy's Return of the Natives