Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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Century did want to go to worlds men are not suited to inhabit." Maitland felt his face become hot. "Men can go anywhere, if they want Despite his sudden irrational anger toward her, Maitland tried to stick There was a thump. Maitland stirred, came half awake, and opened his to logic. "Living space, for one thing. The only permanent solution to the population problem...." of the full Moon. He guessed sleepily that it was about three o'clock. What had he heard? He had a definite impression that the sound had come from within the room. It had sounded like someone stumbling into a Something moved in the darkness on the other side of the room. Maitland be men who still feel that.... Ingrid, doesn't it fire something in your blood, the idea of going to Mars—just to go there and see what's there and walk under a new sky and a smaller Sun? Aren't you interested Shock contracted Maitland's diaphragm and spread through his body. Venus? Wouldn't you like to see the rings of Saturn from, a distance of only two hundred thousand miles?" His hands were trembling as he stopped. wasn't the California desert! Down the hill, where the liquid oxygen in finding out what the canals are? Or what's under the clouds of Where was he? Who had brought him here? For what purpose? She shrugged her shapely shoulders. "Go into the past—yes! But go out there? I still cannot see why." "Has the spirit of adventure It was absolutely incredible that anyone had managed to abduct him from killed the beast when he was a young man. He used a spear. And time traveling is the greatest adventure there is. At least, that is the way I feel. Listen, Bob." She laid a hand on his arm. "You grew up in be done with machines—machines to blow up a city all at once, or fly around the world, or take a man to Mars. We have had our fill of—what the door slid aside and disappeared. Maitland glanced in at Maitland stared at her, his face blank. His mind had just manufactured Maitland looked up at the girl, who was regarding him silently with Maitland speculated on the possibility that this might be Sweden sandals, stood across the threshold looking in at him. Maitland stood otherwise unidentifiable. Possibly German. Maitland opened his mouth we want your childish secrets about rocket motors." Maitland's heart "Are you crazy?" Maitland asked quietly. "Do you realize that at this come with me." "Lie down," Swarts said. When Maitland hesitated, Swarts added, "What's the idea?" Maitland asked. "What is all this?" Maitland stood there for a moment, deliberately relaxing his tensed Maitland shook his head stubbornly. He moved so fast that Maitland couldn't block the blow. It was to the "Your name," said Swarts, "is Robert Lee Maitland. You are thirty-four Madison, Wisconsin...." "You seem to know everything about me," Maitland said defiantly, favorite recreations are chess and reading what you term science fiction. Maitland, how would you like to go to the Moon ?" Something eager leaped in Maitland's breast at the abrupt question, and Swarts was chuckling. "I really hit a semantic push-button there, didn't I? Maitland, I brought you here because you're a man who wants to go to the Moon. I'm interested in finding out why ." expectancy. Maitland sighed and said, "Hello," then glanced down billowing behind her. Maitland remained standing, staring at the closed Where was he? contrary. Maitland frowned. This place certainly didn't have the This might be somewhere in Africa.... Maitland felt his worry drain away, leaving an almost mystical sense of Venus, the most beautiful of the planets. Maitland kept track of them all in their majestic paths through the constellations, but Venus was his favorite. Time and time again he had watched its steady climb higher and higher in the western sky, its transient rule there as evening star, its progression toward the alter ego of morning star. Venus the greatest adventure imaginable to 20th Century man. Somewhere, out there under the stars, there must be grand glittering cities and busy spaceports, roaring gateways to the planets. Somewhere, out there in the night, there must be men who had walked Venus—somewhere, perhaps, men who had visited the distant luring stars and returned. Surely, a civilization that had developed time travel could reach the stars! And he had a chance to become a part of all that! He could spend his life among the planets, a citizen of deep space, a voyager of the challenging spaceways between the solar worlds. After a while Maitland smiled to himself and went back to bed. Swarts came half an hour later, and Maitland began his planned Venus was a morning star before you brought me here. Now it's an evening star." "Never mind that. Come." Wordlessly, Maitland climbed to his feet, preceded Swarts to the 3 x dx" in his head. "What year is this?" Maitland asked in a conversational tone. of a binocular microscope over Maitland's head, so that the lenses at eyes. He attached tiny clamps to Maitland's eyelashes. He inserted button earphones into Maitland's ears— With a deliberate effort, Maitland unclenched his fists and tried to Maitland gritted his teeth and fought to use his brain There was blood hammering in Maitland's temples. His face felt hot and eyes and Swarts was standing over him, white-lipped. Maitland swore at Maitland's smile became a grin. Symphony. He forgot about it and went on whistling. He was picturing himself aboard a ship dropping in toward Mars, making planetfall at Syrtis Major he was seeing visions of Venus and the awesome beauty of Saturn. In his mind, he circled the Moon, and viewed the Earth as a huge bright globe against the constellations.... Finally the door slid aside and she appeared, carrying the usual tray Maitland urged her into the chair and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Oh, no! But my home is Aresund, a little fishing village at the head Maitland wrinkled his brow. "Afrikander?" have been awe, or even hatred he could not tell. "The Pan-Orientals eventually conquered all the world, except for North America—the last remnant of the American World Empire—and southern Africa. The talk about them any more." "Robot factories and farms," Maitland mused. "What else? What means of transportation? Do you have interstellar flight yet?" "Inter-what?" "Have men visited the stars?" "I always thought that would be a tough problem to crack," he agreed. "But tell me about what men are doing in the Solar System. How is life on Mars and Venus, and how long does it take to get to those places?" He waited, expectantly silent, but she only looked puzzled. "I don't understand. Mars? What are Mars?" After several seconds, Maitland swallowed. Something seemed to be the matter with his throat, making it difficult for him to speak. "Surely you have space travel?" She frowned and shook her head. "What does that mean—space travel?" He was gripping the edge of the bed now, glaring at her. "A civilization that could discover time travel and build robot factories wouldn't find it hard to send a ship to Mars!" "A ship arms as if to shield her face if he should hit her. "Let's get this perfectly clear," he said, more harshly than he realized. "So far as you know, no one has ever visited the planets, and no one wants to. Is that right?" his life to get to Mars. I thought I would in my time. I was positive I would when I knew I was in your time. And now I know I never will." obvious to me that whenever men were able to reach the planets, they'd do it." why . What

<question>:
Where was Maitland taken?

<options>:
A To a different era
B To another planet
C To an enemy nation
D To the moon

<answer>:

A