If you were writing that the theme of "A Piece of String"
was that "people will believe
what they want to in spite of
truth," which passage would
give the best support?
A. "What grieved me so much was not the
thing itself as the lying."
B. The finder is requested to return same
with all haste to the mayor's office..."
C. They were finishing their coffee when a
chief of the gendarmes appeared upon the
threshold.

And he was stricken to the heart by the injustice of the suspicion.

Explanation:

If I was writing that the theme of "A Piece of String" was that "people will believe what they want to in spite of truth", the passage that would give the best support to my theme would be "And he was stricken to the heart by the injustice of the suspicion."

This is because it directly relates to the given theme.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

b: to eliminate competition from other farmers