This is an opinion, you cant get it wrong try doing it yourself in your own words. Focus on what the question is asking of you and then do your best to answer accordingly.
What colonies? Can you list the whole question?
It looks as if he is replying back to them about a situation that got him confined during "constructive": work as he talk about himself and his work while asking or waiting for an answer back .
The correct answer is C) superintendent of public instruction
Because the more you spread out the power, the less one person has. Therefore, the more people that have power, the tyrant will have less power.