When using direct quotations in your writing, which of the following should be placed outside the set of
quotation marks?
a. comma
b. semicolon
c. question mark
d. period

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself.

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