read the selection below from the short story "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe and answer the
question that follows.
amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm. i
rushed to its deadly brink. i threw my straining vision below. the glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost recesses.
yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to comprehend the meaning of what i saw. at length it forced it wrestled its way
into my soul-it burned itself in upon my shuddering reason. o for a voice to speak! -oh, horror! -oh, any horror but this!
with a shriek i rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands-weeping bitterly.
which word best describes the narrator in the passage above?
humorous
determined
frightened
insensitive

The word that best describes the narrator in the given passage is – (C) frightened.

Explanation:

The narrator has opened the story by mentioning that he has been sentenced to death during the time of the Inquisition which was an institution of the Catholic Government that prosecuted all protestants and heretical Catholics.

In the given excerpt, the narrator is going through the mental trauma after receiving the death sentence. He is unable to comprehend as in what was happening around. He is imagining himself locked into a pit and fidgets to get out, and after failing in his attempts, he is filled with horror that death has impended upon him.

i think the answer is c, rivers.

explanation:

sometimes, borders fall along natural boundaries like rivers or mountain ranges. for example, the boundary between france and spain follows the crest of the pyrenees mountains. for part of its length, the boundary between the united states and mexico follows a river called the rio grande. the borders of four countries divide africa’s lake chad: niger, chad, cameroon, and nigeria.

although world war i began in 1914, the united states did not join the war until 1917. the additional firepower, resources, and soldiers of the u.s. to tip the balance of the war in favor of the allies. remaining neutral. when war broke out in 1914, the united states had a policy of neutrality.