Read this excerpt from "ulysses" by alfred, lord tennyson: in offices of tenderness, and pay meet adoration to my household gods, when i am gone. he works his work, i mine. there lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: there gloom the dark broad seas. my mariners, souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-- that ever with a frolic welcome took the thunder and the sunshine, and opposed free hearts, free foreheads-- you and i are old; the answers are attached! may you me out as soon as possible! i would really appreciate it and god bless!

I don't know how you could pick anything out of those choices. The first stanza if you look back a couple of lines, refers to Telemachus (his son). He pays proper homage and kindness to those who honor the gods. Ulysses is very proud of him for doing that.

The second stanza is about the men he sails with who are brave, meeting any challenge through good times and bad (sunshine and thunder). They are free men and they are "stout" meaning that they are real stand up kinds of men ready to go.

The last sentence is about death which the old look forward to. 

D is not a bad choice, but it sure leaves out a lot.

I guess D is as good as any, but I'm not sure. This is one of those multiple guesses that one answer could be defended as easily as another. B is not quite as powerful in meaning as D. But don't be surprised if B is the answer.

D <<<<< answer.