I would say answer A because none of the other responses make sense with the context given. The father only picked out the parts in life he wanted to live by and that he believed in. Those things were important to him if he chose to live by them, hence him “knowing the important things in life”.
Answer:
big library uptown
Mrs. Long has to go "hat in hand" to the "big library uptown" to ask for the books.
The clown is commenting on the cyclic nature of time and saying that Malvolio has received the treatment he deserved.