The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the second choice "contempt for authority."
"Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's Magazine in 1905. It also appeared in a collection of Cather's stories, The Troll Garden
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