Select the correct answer.

This article was included in a course catalog guide for a university.

What is the best way to describe the author's purpose in writing this piece?

A.

to inform

B.

to entertain

C.

to describe

D.

to persuade

How does visiting the place of the gods affect the narrator? a. he discovers that it is unwise to have an inquiring mind b. he learns that there is nothing supernatural to fear in the destroyed city c. he renounces everything he learned from the priests and his father d. he understands that the past has nothing of interest for people of the present