Where was Bill?
Where were Bill’s wife and his children?
Was it dangerous in London?
Were there bombs?
Was there a lot of food?
How old were the children?
Were the children frightened?
C because "the flow" of the sentence is correct. It is not too complex. Its not A because A "are the cost of" is to complex. Its not B because the use of "Noisily" in the sentence should be placed at the end, its a wrong use of juxtaposition.
Answer: C) To understand Charlotte Brontë, one needs to understand the society in which she grew up.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell, we can see that the speaker describes how, in order to be able to understand Charlotte Brontë, we should understand the population and society in which she and her sisters passed their earliest years, in this way we will be able to understand her perspective. So the correct answer is option C.