Because the_________________of the whole country was dangerously low during the 2020 shutdown for the pandemic, many companies began offering free services to try to keep people from feeling too lonely and unproductive. A. debacle B. morale C. discontent D. rhetoric
I would B because it's the only thing that makes sense. One would hope that debacle would be down (and in 2020, it was up) as well as discontent, and rhetoric doesn't make sense in this sentence.
