The correct answer is option A: The long list of names required to address certain nobles. In this excerpt, mark Twain makes reference to the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Shoreditch as "Lady Anne-Grace-Eleanor-Celeste-and-so-forth-and-so-forth-de-Bohun". The author satirizes the long names used to describe somebody from a higher stratum of society. He clearly does this by referring to the daughter's name as "and-so-forth-and-so-forth".
You seem to have every kind of verb form present in this selection. I'm going to list them all and what they do.
being blind: It is a participle and it is a participle phrase. But is it an adjective?
was is a linking verb for the main clause. It is not a candidate at all.
set is the predicate of the subordinate clause beginning with except not a candidate.
stood second main clause predicate verb.
gazed a verb form for the main clause.
had died. Main clause verb. Not the answer.
having been long enclosed is close. Unfortunately it is a gerund phrase which is an object of a preposition (from). It likely is the second best answer.
hung main clause verb.
found main clause verb
The rest don't matter they are linking verbs or main clause verbs or subordinate clause verbs.
The only one you really could choose is being blind. It describes street.
The example that demonstrates the idea of self-determination is C. The Youngster family attempts to move into an all-white neighborhood.
They eventually move into the neighborhood, following their dreams, despite Mr. Linder threatens, who tries to stop them from moving there since they are black.
