input: Text: THE RUMBLE AND THE ROAR BY STEPHEN BARTHOLOMEW The noise was too much for him. He wanted quiet—at any price. When Joseph got to the office his ears were aching from the noise of the copter and from his earplugs. Lately, every little thing seemed to make him irritable. He supposed it was because his drafting department was behind schedule on the latest Defense contract. His ears were sore and his stomach writhed with dyspepsia, and his feet hurt. Walking through the clerical office usually made him feel better. The constant clatter of typewriters and office machines gave him a sense of efficiency, of stability, an all-is-well-with-the-world feeling. He waved to a few of the more familiar employees and smiled, but of course you couldn't say hello with the continual racket. This morning, somehow, it didn't make him feel better. He supposed it was because of the song they were playing over the speakers, "Slam Bang Boom," the latest Top Hit. He hated that song. Of course the National Mental Health people said constant music had a beneficial effect on office workers, so Joseph was no one to object, even though he did wonder if anyone could ever actually listen to it over the other noise. In his own office the steady din was hardly diminished despite soundproofing, and since he was next to an outside wall he was subjected also to the noises of the city. He stood staring out of the huge window for awhile, watching the cars on the freeway and listening to the homogeneous rumble and scream of turbines. Something's wrong with me,
  Question: What is the importance of the National Mental Health society to the story?
  
   (A) The engineers worked under threat of being turned in to the society if their project were discovered
   (B) Mr. Partch cared for his mental health by seeing a therapist, and required further care when he experienced silence
   (C) There was no National society, which is what Mr. Partch was trying to change
   (D) The society played music so loudly in the office buildings that nobody could get any work done, driving Mr. Partch into the care of the society
  Answer:
output: Mr. Partch cared for his mental health by seeing a therapist, and required further care when he experienced silence