The narrator compares Juan with the basket of his letters. They are the reflection of his work. He is fully devoted to it, but at first, he was against censorship and tried to work around it and he does it in a cunning way. He ends up liking it to the point of being obsessed.
11- days, night = compound subject
12- plays, sings = compound predicates
13- Mary and Bill = compound subjects //bought furnished = compound predicate
14- Chairs, tables rugs = compound subjects //were chosen and furnished = compound predicate
15- begin and end = compound predicate
16_ John and Elaine = compound subjject
a compound predicate has to tell us two things at least with the same subject
a compound subject is two or more subjects
hope I didn't make any mistakes
The balloon popped is the sentence therefore C is correct
I have not read Odysseus in a while, but this is my best guess for the answer.
After Call to Adventure: Arrogance, curiosity
After Road of Trials: Humility, patience
I hope this helps!