How does this incident propel the action of the story? A: It pushes Zeus to punish Demeter for neglecting Proserpine and allowing Pluto to seize her.

Read this excerpt from "Proserpine."

In cold, strong arms Pluto seized her—in that mighty grasp that will not be denied, and Proserpine wept childish tears as she shivered at his icy touch, and sobbed because she had dropped the flowers she had picked, and had never picked the flower she most desired.

B: It causes Zeus to punish Pluto for kidnapping Proserpine by banishing him to Hades forever.

C: It leads Proserpine's mother, Demeter, to begin a search for her daughter and to beg the gods to return her.

D: It immediately results in Proserpine's mother, Demeter, offering to take her daughter's place in Hades.