Idk if you can get this comment but the first question is . Which statement best express the central idea In the text? (Election of 1860)

A. The election of 1860 revealed the country’s deep disagreements over its future that could no longer be ignored
B. The election of 1860 revealed the need to the end the two party system of American government
C. Abraham Lincoln was a divisive public character with unclear ideas about the future of slavery in the US
D. Abraham Lincoln divisive anti-slavery language surprised a nation that accepted widespread slavery and forced the South to secede.

this would be in the imperative mood. it is a category of verb forms that are used to express orders,instructions,commands or requests.

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).