Question

questions 1 through 9 refer to the following.
(the following passage is excerpted from a speech delivered by a united states statesman
in 1930.)
warned by the disaster of the last great war, 1 the statesmen of all nations have been taking
measures to prevent the return of another such calamity. these measures may not
constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest
preventive measures ever adopted by nations. it is not to be expected that human nature will
change in a day; perhaps it is too much to expect that the age-old institution of war, which
has, through the centuries, been recognized by international law as a sovereign right and has
darkened the pages of history with the story of blood and destruction, will be at once
abolished, but people of all nations should be encouraged by the great progress which has
been made since the war in the furtherance of international peace. i cannot in this brief
address discuss these measures beyond enumerating them. there is the league of nations,
2 which has been functioning for ten years and which, i am sure, has been most beneficial in
adjusting many difficult international problems; the pact of paris, 3 arbitration treaties,
conciliation treaties, and the court of international justice, 4 and i might add that
commendable progress has been made toward reduction of armament. each one of these
treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. it is
through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war
prevented.
it is not my intention today to discuss the pact of paris, which has passed into history,
perhans i should not say it has passed into history but has been cemented in the
in the second and third sentences of the second paragraph (\it was inspired... that awful
struggle\), the author represents the pact of paris as
a a temporary solution to a long - standing problem
b the unexpected outgrowth of a volatile situation
c the hopeful result of traumatic experiences
d the culmination of lengthy deliberations

Explanation:

The author describes the Pact of Paris as "inspired... that awful struggle". This implies that the pact was a response to the traumatic experiences (the "awful struggle" likely referring to war) that preceded it. The hope was that it would lead to a positive outcome (peace), so it's seen as a hopeful result of those bad experiences.

Answer:

C. the hopeful result of traumatic experiences