Answer:
C) I tried to create public sympathy for a cause
Explanation:
I might be wrong, the text is rather hard to see.
You did not include options in your question, but based on the meaning of the word cryptic, your answer will be 'A HIDDEN MEANING'.
When you say that something is cryptic, it means that, that thing has a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
From the way the word was used in the given sentence, it means that the message the teacher was passing across about the test is hidden, it was not understood by any of the students.
I think the correct answer is
D. <span>are; seem</span>
Preamble for the 1789 US Bill of Rights is made out of four paragraphs. In the second paragraph, which is the most important one, it is explained how the Bill was created due to the desire of a number of assemblies of the People who expressed their view that the protections of some rights were absent in the Constitution and they considered that the Constitution needed further modifications (for example, the right to carry arms or the freedom of religious expression). They wanted to restrict the federal government’s power in order for the People to have more freedom and confidence in the government. By these amendments the People of the US were granted more rights and the government was in turn less likely to become despotic.