Select the choice which best identifies the given passage from "The Cask of Amontillado."

"The nitre!" I said; "see, it increases. It hangs like moss upon the vaults. We are below the river's bed. The drops of moisture trickle among the bones."

it the climax in the poem

based on the graph, people who are asian/ pacific islander, are better at math than the other race/ethnicity's on the graph.

the correct answer is a.

since in the sentence the word beacon is used as "guide".

lighthouse:

high tower located on the coasts and ports that emits a powerful light at intervals to guide navigators at night.

luminous tower.

beacon synonyms as a guide: lighthouse, north, tower