Question

Select the correct answer. Which of the following incidents from "The Contest” by Arthur Conan Doyle most clearly depicts Nero as a despotic ruler surrounded by assistants who adamantly seek to please him?

Answer 1

Nero's followers who rig the contest by applauding his terrible performance and ignoring worthier singers.
If Nero had lost, then he would unleash his wrath upon them all. They only wish to please him so as to save their own hides.