It depends. If the female is the best. I would use the second. If the female was, I would use the first
It means that a certain amount of people were very carefully watching her every move, either they were judgmental or curious about her
The period in which they lived and the style of poetry they wrote
This is math, not English, but okay xD
"Two intersecting lines are perpendicular if and only if they form four 90 degree angles" would be my answer.