Please help me Which meaning of den defines the word as it is used in the sentences?

Carlos was reading an interesting book about a group of pirates who lived long ago. He learned that after raiding other ships, they returned to their den to count their gold and avoid being captured.

A a secret place for having meetings

B a dirty, messy place where people live or gather

C a part of a club for boys

D a hiding place for thieves or robbers

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

The denouement comes at the beginning of a story a. true b. false

Review the detail. beethoven chooses to stay when the children beg him to play more. which is the best inference that can be drawn about beethoven?