By forcing our surrender to the authority of the clock systematic timekeeping has imposed a form of________on society
Answer: D
If we are being forced to surrender to the authority of the clock, then systematic timekeeping cannot be said to be imposing a form of anarchy or permanence or provincialism on us. The three words in the first part of the sentence above indicate that it is imposing a form of tyranny on us. So (D) is the answer.