B. It was a time of economic hardship
(The poem is "A Thousand Martyrs" by Aphra Behn)
Answer: They reveal that the speaker enters relationships for her own amusement.
Explanation: The word <em>alone</em> is crucial here. The author is telling us that she always took "the glory and the spoils" (the things you take after winning a war) for herself only, <em>laughing</em>, i.e., amusing herself while being unworried with the other person's suffering.
The most likely answer is : try to get the reader to have an emotional response to the story
were there no more options ?
The most probable and most likely answer to this problem would be C. revealed much about their behavior.
Out of the four options presented in this problem, C. would only need a complete subject to make it a correct sentence. Options A. by closely watching and gathering data and B. to terrifying effect would probably need other more words and/or phrases to make them more complete. D. insect studies, on the other hand, can also be considered as a correct option IF insect become the subject.