The correct answer is A) distraction.
The technique Jay is using to control his pain is "distraction."
When Jay feels so much pain, he focuses on his favorite music to distract his mind from the pain and use a new remedy. What he is doing is putting away the feeling of pain in order to focus on something he loves so much that is his music. Trying to distracting the mind while taking his medicine or trying new methods, is what helps him overcome the acute pain.
Freedom from an irrational government is referred to as liberty.
Basic human and civil rights cannot be taken away by the government. And whatever the government, rational or irrational, these rights can not be taken away. However, rational government restrict or regulate certain rights in order to protect everyone's rights. Liberty is the condition of having the power to act and speak without restraints, and not everything can be said in public (example: not using insulting words in public)
The revealance of this action was that she had things in her purse, and these 'things' were open to anyone willing to steal.
