The correct answers are A) beliefs that were common during the period the text was written. D) major political events that occurred when the text was written. E) the original audience for the text.
The factors that historical criticism would most likely take into account are beliefs that were common during the period the text was written, major political events that occurred when the text was written, and the original audience for the text.
As a branch of History, Historical Criticism tries to research ancient texts from different civilizations in order to found the origins of the texts, the circumstances that prevailed when the text was written, what was its context, and the people that influenced the text. This branch of history is important because historians can understand more about the people, places, times, and events, in order to better explain them.