A) the importance of size and interesting eating habits of blue whales.
The answer is "down".
"down" is a preposition/
A preposition is a word that describes the subject in a sentence.
In the excerpt, it is inferred that D. Nora is considering killing herself.
After Krogstad discovers that Nora has committed fraud against him, she realizes he could use that information to blackmail her husband. In this way, he would not lose his job but he would get a higher position. So Nora thinks about suicide as the only way to escape, but Krogstad warns her he will write Torvald a letter telling everything anyways.
Amid the national scandal that followed the Triangle shirtwaist fire and resounding calls for change, New York State enacted many of the first significant worker protection laws. The tragedy led to fire-prevention legislation, factory inspection laws, and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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