Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it or not. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). Ignore errors of punctuation, if any. 

Regarding IS, despite of some (A)/ increase in optimism recently, (B)/ most Americans still believe (C)/ the fight against it is going badly. (D)