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Pope tried to help the bicycle gain popularity.

 Pope got involved in the arrest of three cyclists for defying cycling rules.

The excerpt tells about the Pope supporting on the case of bicycle drivers and supports for the legalization of the bicycle law to help those bicycle drivers to have their rights.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

c) eager anticipation.