1, 4, 6, 9...those should be the correct ones I think...
The government gave them the drug <em>soma</em>, in order to control the people exhibiting such emotions like pain, anger and grief.
So the answer is B.
Your answer would be choice B,it offers a counterclaim to the first stanza, which is then rejected in the third stanza. I only know this because I just had this questionif we are talking about the same question.