1. What is the first conflict in the story? *
Check all that apply.
Rainsford arguing with Whitney
Rainsford's fighting the sea to keep from drowning
Rainsford's losing his balance while reaching for his pipe
Rainsford's puzzling over the far-off pistol shots

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.