Answer: A. It sparks the imagination.
Explanation:
Well...if its from the 18th century then because our language has changed so much since then.
"Why" is the question to ask to help identify the reason for an event that happens in a historical text.
If you ask "why" an event happened, you will get to better understand the reasoning around it, what prompted the event, and some of the personal/political emotions or decisions that surrounded the event.