In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
Q: Question: In what city did Cimpoi attain the status of head of the Department of Classical Literature of the Institute of History and Literary Theory? Passage:He is employed as editor at the "Moldovan Book" (1974) and "Artistic Literature" (1977-1982), literary secretary at the National Theater (1982-1983) and Lyric Theater "Alexei Mateevici"(1986-1987). Since May 1987 he has been elected secretary of the Steering Committee of the Writers' Union of Moldova and president since September 1991 until 2010. He was deputy of the people of the USSR in Gorbachev's thaw (1989-1990) and then deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (1999-2001). In parallel, he is the head of the Department of Classical Literature of the Institute of History and Literary Theory of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, he obtained his Ph.D. in Philology in 1998, with the thesis "Eminescu, poet of Being" (conductor, Eugen Simion) and teaches at the "Ion Creanga" Pedagogical University in Chisinau. In 1991 he became an honorary member of the Romanian Academy, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (1992), a member of the Writers' Union of Romania (since 1994 elected and member of the board of directors), member of PEN-club, member of the Targovistei Writers Society (2005), vice-president of the Cultural League for the Unity of Romanians Abroad, an honorary citizen of Craiova (in 2005, alongside Grigore Vieru, Vasile Tarateanu). He is the director of the magazine "Life of Basarabia" and in the collections of publications "Critical copybooks", "Romanian Life", founding president of the "Mihai Eminescu" International Academic Center in Chisinau.
Links: a. Chisinau b. Academy of Sciences of Moldova c. Mikhail Gorbachev d. Mikhail Gorbachev
A:
b