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In context, which is the best version of sentence 7 (reproduced below)? Her response has been addressing issues which were dealing with the place of poetry in American society, the role played by the poet, and the nature of literary fame achieved by the poet.

Direction for questions 1 to 6: The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Passage – I
(1) “To an Unknown Poet,” was first published in Michigan Quarterly Review and consequently appears in Carolyn Kizer’s 1986 collection, The Nearness of You. (2) It is included in a section of poems called “Friends,” which contains numerous poems about, and dedicated to, other poets. (3) Kizer, a much decorated and Pulitzer- Prize winning poet, ironically compares the successful life of a much-decorated poet with the life of an unsuccessful and struggling poet. (4) Kizer wrote the poem shortly after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her collection Yin: New Poems. (5) In simple, straightforward language, the speaker addresses a poor poet who comes to visit her.(6) He was making excuses for why she does not have time for him, and then later telling him about an award she is about to receive.
(7) Her response has been addressing issues which were dealing with the place of poetry in American society, the role played by the poet, and the nature of literary fame achieved by the poet. (8) It appeared at a time when more poetry is produced and published—in print, on the web, etc.—and more poetry readings are given than perhaps at any other time in American history. (9) It also comes at a time when, even though an increasing number of people hunger for literary recognition, fewer and fewer people read poetry or even attend poetry readings. (10)The gulf between “known” poets and “unknown” poets widens daily.
(11) Even those known are known by only a few.

Leave it as it is.
Her response addresses issues including the place of poetry in American society, the role of the poet and the nature of literary fame.
The responses addressed by her include issues like place of poetry in American society, the role of the poet, and the nature of literacy fame achieved by the poet.
She dealt with these issues - place of poetry in American society, the role of poet, and the nature of literary fame.
The issues like place of poetry in American society, the role of the poet and the nature of literary fame are her well-addressed responses.