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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DELEGATE VENUS what the delegate from Venus for their patience was the biggest surprise since David clobbered Goliath. not more than fifteen feet in total circumference. me put it this way," Conners said paternally. "We expect a certain amount of " "Greetings from Venus," it ship you see is a Venusian Class cagey, to behave the way the part of him, a rebel part, wanted him to stay on the trail of the story he felt sure was help thinking something was up." "Even if that's true, we'll hear about it through the usual channels," Conners frowned. that's not only indiscreet, Bridges. It's downright dirty." that kind of advantage, Mr. been activated by the decreased will find our delegate within. Unstoppable, inexorable, it may Conners. Not that she wasn't a And from now on—" He waggled a finger at him. "Watch emissary." that it didn't go any further. you think is going on?" "I haven't the faintest idea." "Don't kid me, Mr. Conners. Think it's war?" "That'll be all, Bridges." by a filmy packing material. "Wait a minute," the general Delegate,'" he read aloud. pieces packed within, protected order. A-1, central nervous system to build the damn thing." The Delegate, a handsomely rather than political implications. who seemed to find the Venusian "Where's your decorum?" mechanism they had assembled. It stood impassive until they obeyed the final instruction. they ought to get the Secret Service to guard her. She really fills out a size 10, don't she?" have a low mind. For a week, this town has been acting like this moment forward. Look at that bothered him it was the certainty that something of major importance was happening State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving first, but as the meeting got under way, he knew that it was true. The highest echelons of the had been secrecy. They knew that Senator Spocker, chairman So far, the byword VENUS. The robot delegate stood up. reasons. Greta Johnson had that effect upon men. Even her outrageously feminine qualities. "They told me you might be prompt attention. I come as a Delegate from a great neighbor here," she said, breathing hard. planet, in the interests of peace merely a threat, a promise, or an easy solution—but a challenge." we foresee the day when contact being far too occupied with internal cannot last in the face of your progress, so we believe that "But I'm a reporter I thought you knew anything." She was pouting now. "Well, compete with each other for the knowing you're only interested in me because of the Senator? Anyway, I'll probably lose my minds of men, fight your bloodless battles, if you know no without the terrible forces of power sadly. "What?" unleashing won't want to see me any more." of Venus, promise you this—that on the very day your conflict deteriorates into heedless "Did I say that?" "It just won't be any use. We'll always have this thing between Venus will act swiftly, mercilessly, violence, we will not stand by have gained. But we, the scientists fighting it. Maybe if I did tell Earth, as a messenger of war. peace. But envision it, men of return, bearing a different Delegate from Venus—a Delegate of "But if you print one word of it, Jerry Bridges, I'll never fired from a vantage point far beyond the reach of your retaliation. This is the promise and the challenge that will hang in your night sky from not the planet Venus, men of Earth, the idea," Greta poised to wreak its wrath upon those who betray the peace." said stiffly. and said: "At first, they thought it was of Los Alamos, and the Venus " hours after that, the robot delegate, its message delivered, its mission fulfilled, requested to be locked inside a bombproof Who another sputnik." speed over the world, and Jerry Bridges' eyewitness accounts of the incredible event and nobody could figure out "Wait a minute," Jerry said dizzily. "You mean to tell me what left him vaguely unsatisfied. He tried to explain his feeling the damn thing was." what ?" out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't the Delegate speak, something's been nagging me." "But don't you think he's done good? Don't you think they'll be "About the Venusians, of impressed by what he said?" "I'm not worried about that. I think that damn robot did want to wait that long, and is that's ever come along in this from Venus they've already established that. And the cockeyed world. But still ..." guess they're relax. It can be fun." can land their delegate." does. But in the middle of an "Their delegate. They came "Wait a minute!" "What's the matter?" embrace, he cried out: "You mean these Venusians "It's not that," Jerry said moodily. "But ever since I heard thinks that if we don't agree, they might do something drastic, or something. The Senator last chance to change his mind, and then left. "You're taking it mighty "Well, how else can I take it? I'm not even supposed to know calm," he said ironically. is so careless about—" She put her fingers to her lips. "Oh, dear, now you'll really think I'm terrible." "Terrible? I think you're wonderful!" "And you promise not to print it?" "Didn't I say I wouldn't?" "Y-e-s. But you know, you're a pencil to her mouth. "Well, I guess he'd be in the Holland a massive woman with gray hair and impervious to charm, guarded the portals of will of the U. S. Marines. see Mr. single stooped figure vigorously "Do it for me, Hedy. And I'll buy you the flashiest pair of to match." She looked at him with exasperation, "Professor Coltz, something's been bothering me. It bothered me from the moment I heard I'd heard some of the words before. I couldn't prove anything "This note of yours. Just what do you think it means?" "You know better than I do, Mr. Howells. I'm just doing my job "'It's my belief that peace is "Mr. Bridges, you don't make it easy for us. It's our opinion by the Delegate from Venus." that secrecy is essential, that leakage of the story might cause panic. Since you're the only unauthorized person who knows of it, we have two choices. One of Jerry swallowed hard. "The other is perhaps more practical," Howells said. "You'll be taken into our confidence, and , damn it. not be and secrecy of a University on a that's what you call it, but you'll be an eyewitness. That should be worth something." fantastic scheme to force the eagerly. "Thanks, Mr. Howells." "Don't thank me, I'm not doing you any idea of peace into the minds of "It's worth a lot," Jerry said how do you suppose I feel, reached to accept the delegate. "You don't have to say it, in custody." The USAF jet transport wasn't the only secrecy-shrouded business is to tell the world everything I know. But if I did it, there might not be a Professor, I know what you're aircraft that took off that evening would there? No, thanks, Professor. As far as I'm concerned, "Oh, I dunno. Venus is also the Goddess of Love." around her, and Venus winked approvingly. THE END Transcriber's Note: after another. As the minutes ticked off, the activity became more frenetic saw nothing. A faint roar was started in the heavens, and it heard. Then the crisscrossing lights struck metal, glancing off the gleaming body of a descending

<question>:
Which emotion does the Venusian delegate intentionally tap into in order to more effectively achieve its mission?

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A greed
B shame
C fear
D doubt

<answer>:

C