A fact is something known with certainty through experience, ...

[danielfitts88]

A fact is something known with certainty through experience, observation, testimony, record, or measurement. If this definition were applied to your birth date, this would mean that:
 
  a. Your birth date is a fact even though you have no written proof or witnesses.
  b. Your birth date is not a fact because it is past.
  c. None of these choices.
  d. Your birth date is a fact if you have a dated birth certificate and/or witnesses.

Question 2

Critical reading and writing means paying close attention to the following:
 
  a. The meaning of word concepts
  b. Accurate and complete word definitions
  c. Word selection and word connotations
  d. All of these choices.

[jonathanballen97]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d