The ancient whales ate fish and were probably good hunters. In the preceding sentence, the verb ate is:
An intransitive action verb
A transitive action verb
O A linking verb
A helping verb

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.