D, foodborne illness. The suffix borne indicates “from”, so it means “illness from food.”
The era of romanticism examines the dark side of human nature and deals with the unconscious. It relates to the idea that everything is individual. During the 1860’s in the U. S. society is confused because everything is changing; Civil War, emancipation of slavery, etc. The system as people know it is being reworked and we see people who were once oppressed, now experiencing freedoms never thought possible. Whitman creates imagery in his poetry, and his poetry creates an idealized image of America, an America made up of the working people. His poetry, imagery, and idealism create a world larger than life...a world the reader can actually see and feel through his poetry.
I would go with D) Mob because if its a negative connotation than mob would be the right answer because an assembly is not negative, not a gathering, and not a group because those could be BOTH positive AND negative but we want to find ONLY negative so mob because mobs are big groups of violent crazy people causing chaos.
That is because there is no specific character development or purpose or use of the character. His purpose and use is to be the evil that would get beaten by the main character, in this case Beowulf.
I put b, im taking the test rn so i honestly dont know lol