Question

When the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I demanded surrender of German ships, the Germans sank their fleet in ____.

a. complicity
b. dexterity
c. inflection
d. reprisal

Answer 1

I would say the correct answer is D) reprisal, because it means retaliation.
When the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI demanded surrender of German ships, the Germans sank their fleet in reprisal.