How to recover the selection tool?

Acrobat XI.  The selection tool (arrow only - not the one that's an arrow with a text-insert cursor next to it) disappeared from the ribbon on my Acrobat.  How do I get it back?

How do I go to Tools?  I don't see that anywhere.  And everything I've tried with the word "Tools" in it doesn't bring up anything that says "Interactive Objects".
Here's what my interface looks like:

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