Macbeth starts to deny the witches prophecy, but once the first two come true in his eyes, he starts to believe the lie that they are spreading to him. :) He starts to believe luck is on his side and that makes him powerful.
Noun clauses are dependent clauses acting as nouns. They begin with words such as <em>how</em>, <em>that</em>, <em>what</em>, <em>who</em>, <em>whoever</em>, <em>whom</em>, <em>where</em>, <em>when</em>, whether, <em>which</em>, <em>whichever</em> and why. What is more, they can act as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicative nominatives or as objects of prepositions.
Taking all this into account, the noun clauses found in the sentences presented are the following ones: "whatever you do" and "what she should major in at college". In both cases, the noun clauses in question are actings as the subjects of the sentences.
The statement that best describes the author´s claim in this passage is the first one: Violent uprisings were common, but Gandhi worked to show that resistance could be nonviolent.
Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian activist who led the Indian Independence movement against Bristish rule. He inspires movements of civil rights and freedom in a context of violent colonization. He employed non-violent civis disobedience claiming that "Non violence is a weapon of the strong".
He was arrested many times, he supported peace armies during both War Worlds. He was finally assassinated at the age of 78 by a militant Hindu nationalist.
I believe D would be the most reasonable answer for this question given that it has factual information that well suits a topic sentence.