How does the section on public officials contribute to the author’s explanation of governments?

a. Bureaucracy and inefficiency weighed down governments with public officials.
b. Public officials were often more powerful than the monarchs that they served.
c. Citizen participation helped keep governments in check and prevent abuse of
power.
d. Citizens often maneuvered themselves to stay in public office and influence state
affairs for as long as possible.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

i wonder if it is possible to place reagans testimony and paragragh 18, so we can compare and contract the ideas in the text.

d) elnora cannot convince wesley sinton to her with school costs. she will raise the money herself.