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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The saucer was interesting, but where was the delegate? was clear. No one moved DELEGATE from their position. VENUS "Your poor face," she murmured, what the delegate from Venus biggest surprise since David "We expect a certain amount of decorum from our Washington "Greetings from Venus," it said, and then repeated the phrase in six languages. "The ship you see is a Venusian Class cagey, to behave the way the for one-passenger. It is clear of all radiation, and is perfectly safe to approach. There is a to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited Please open this hatch and remove the passenger." hatch which may be opened by an automatic lever in the side. up." "Even if that's true, we'll "It's a box!" someone said. hear about it through the usual that's not only indiscreet, Jerry deduced that it must have been activated by the decreased load of the ship. "Please open the crate. You will find our delegate within. emissary." its gray plastic material giving in readily to the application of their tools. But when it was opened, they stood aside in amazement and consternation. pieces packed within, protected by a filmy packing material. "Wait a minute," the general "'Instructions for assembling Delegate,'" he read aloud. "'First, remove all parts and arrange them in the following order. A-1, central nervous system to build the damn thing." The Delegate, a handsomely constructed robot almost eight feet tall, was pieced together some three hours later, by a who seemed to find the Venusian "Where's your decorum?" simple as the job was, they were obviously impressed by the mechanism they had assembled. It stood impassive until they obeyed the final instruction. "Press Button K ..." pressed it. The robot bowed. "Thank you, gentlemen," it this town has been acting like the 39 Steps place ..." It wasn't until three days after the landing that Jerry Bridges saw the Delegate again. , and all you can quartered in a quonset hut in Fort Dix, New Jersey. Then, after seventy-two frustrating and it wasn't until he saw the But his greatest surprise was Again, the meeting room exploded the cause of it all, a placid, highly-polished metal robot, was seated blithely at a desk which VENUS. The robot delegate stood up. the confining effect of a mannishly-tailored her outrageously feminine qualities. prompt attention. I come as a Delegate from a great neighbor system. I come in the belief that peace is the responsibility of individuals, of nations, and now upon the other. I speak to you now through the electronic instrumentation which being far too occupied with internal matters. But our isolation cannot last in the face of your progress, so we believe that , damn it. It's my job. I'd do it again if I thought you knew anything." She was pouting now. "Well, Anyway, I'll probably lose my job, and then you won't have without unleashing the terrible forces of power now at your command. Once unleashed, these forces may or may not destroy all that you sadly. of Venus, promise you this—that on the very day your conflict deteriorates into heedless violence, we will not stand by and let the ugly contagion "What?" Venus will act swiftly, mercilessly, and relentlessly—to destroy your world completely." and then sighed. "Oh, well. I guess there's no use fighting it. Maybe if I did spread. On that day, we of Earth, as a messenger of war. Unstoppable, inexorable, it may return, bearing a different Delegate from Venus—a Delegate of Death, who speaks not in words, but in the explosion of atoms. again." "Greta!" point far beyond the reach of your retaliation. This is the "But if you print one Think of thousands of such Delegates, word the planet Venus, men of Earth, poised to wreak its wrath upon those who betray the peace." The Delegate sat down. Four days later, a mysterious explosion rocked the quiet sands of Los Alamos, and the Venus spacecraft was no more. Two hours after that, the robot delegate, its message delivered, its mission fulfilled, requested to be locked inside a bombproof chamber. When the door was opened, the Delegate was an exploded out what the damn thing was." nation. But his sudden celebrity "But it's not a moon. That's have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The only hitch is, Russia doesn't the Delegate speak, something's want to wait that long, and is asking for a hurry-up summit "About the Venusians, of from Venus they've already established that. And the can land their delegate." does. But in the middle of an "Their delegate. They came embrace, he cried out: "Wait a minute!" "What's the matter?" normal, healthy male usually "You mean these Venusians But there's something I've got to do, right away!" "That's all right with me," thinks that if we don't agree, they might do something drastic, like blow us all up. It's kind Five minutes later, Jerry Bridges was calling the airlines. It had been eleven years since "Well, how else can I take it? I'm not even supposed to the students seemed incredibly "Terrible? I think you're wonderful!" "And you promise not to print it?" that?" "Oh, I guess that was after your time, wasn't it?" Jerry felt decrepit, but managed a massive woman with to say: "It must be something new since I was here. Where is this place?" can't deliver any messages." single stooped figure vigorously thawing slightly. "I could deliver it with his next batch of mail." "When will that be?" "In an hour. He's in a terribly important meeting right now." "Of course! I thought of you the Delegate speak. I didn't it. She came out of the press secretary's office two minutes hooded. with a grin of triumph. the responsibility of individuals, of nations, and someday, even of by the Delegate from Venus." panic. Since you're the only unauthorized person who knows of it, we have two choices. One of them is to lock you up." "The other is perhaps more years." "What are you driving at, Jerry?" allowed to relay the story to the press until such a time as all correspondents are informed. an exciting, incredible idea. A who were suddenly struck by and secrecy of a University on a fantastic scheme to force the arrange for the nose cone to come down safely at a certain time and place. They would install a marvelous electronic robot within the cone, ready to be reached to accept the delegate. Then, when the Robot was assembled, they would speak through it to demand peace for all mankind ..." ship will presumably land around midnight tonight. There "Jerry, if you do this—" "You don't have to say it, will be a jet leaving Washington any Sphinx-like Secret Service men, with non-official status aboard. It was only a few minutes But do all this "Oh, I dunno. Venus is also the Goddess of Love." around her, and Venus winked approvingly. THE END Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and "Good-bye. I suppose you typographical errors have been corrected without note. contained. He was allowed to leave the won't want to see me any more." "Did I say that?" after another. As the minutes ticked off, the activity became more frenetic "It just won't be any use. We'll always have this thing between have gained. But we, the scientists us." calm was shattered. At first, he hit, a dust cloud obscured it from sight. A loudspeaker blared out an unintelligible order, but its message

<question>:
What is the most surprising detail about the Venusian delegate?

<options>:
A She is very tall for a female
B It must be assembled according to instructions
C He was once an inhabitant of Earth
D It self-destructs after a certain time period has passed

<answer>:

B