An activist is someone who
passionately believes in a cause
has no interest in supporting a cause
actively discriminates against others
makes a living from giving speeches

The correct answer is A. Passionately believes in a cause

Explanation:

The word "activist" refers to a person tht is part of an activist movement or a movement that aims at achieving some social change which is usually referred to as a cause. Additionally, this cause or social change activists pursue can be linked to multiple areas including environment, politics or economy and involve different strategies to support the cause they believe in such as strikes, marches, protests, pamphlets, among others. Moreover, in most cases, activists create organized actions to support the cause they follow and can even continue with actions despite the opposition from government or society as they strongly or passionately believe in the idea or change they are defending. Thus, an activist can be defined as someone who passionately believes in a cause.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.