Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Shirley Temple's bitter ex-husband tried to derail her appointment to a diplomatic post by calling her 'emotionally unstable' during her FBI background check John George Agar told an agent in 1969 to think twice because Temple would 'overreact if she didn't get her way'. He also said that her mother had wrecked their marriage because she interfered in their affairs too much. His efforts were unsuccessful as dozens of other people including Ronald Reagan came to Temple's defense and called her a 'very courageous woman of the highest morals'. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Child star: Shirley Temple made her name as the child actor who cheered America through the Depression but in later years she was a committed Republican who wanted to serve her countryFormer child star was nominated for the office by Richard Nixon in 1969 and the FBI was called in to check she was suitableFile reveals agents went to huge lengths to question those who knew her about her - Republican - political views and those of husband Charles BlackHer first husband John Agar told agents she was 'untrustworthy' - unlike then-California Governor Reagan who strongly backed herTemple died in February 2014 aged 85 and her 417-page FBI file was obtained by Daily Mail Online under Freedom of Information Act rules 
 Question:Her divorce petition said that Temple had endured 'grievous mental suffering' and that _ had subjected her to 'extreme cruelty'.

John George Agar