What marking would a composer use to indicate that a musical passage be played extremely softly?

John Donne's A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, is recognized for its extended analogy comparing lovers to __________

A. a sunrise B. a telescopic lens C. trees in a forest D. the two feet of a geometrician's compass E. planets in orbit

Neoclassicism seeks to

a. create experimental music b. return to the style of Palestrina c. continue the Romantic style d. capture the classical outlook of ancient Greece e. return to mostly vocal music