Answer:
B.Binder such as gum arabic
The civil war is the answer
Although I'm not sure, I do believe it is "Delphic Sibyl". Good luck!
The type of evidence that Schlosser uses in this excerpt is anecdotal. By definition, anecdotal evidence is based on stories that may or may not be true but due to lack of hard facts. They are usually based on personal stories. In this case, there is no proof that things mentioned in the excerpt happened the way that they were described.