I liked the movie about the national spelling bee champion. Action verb

In ancient greece, the sybil, or oracle of delphi, was famous for her prophesying. what does the speaker in this poem wish for the oracle to accomplish in american society? a. the speaker yearns for the oracle to make america into a true democracy. b. the speaker yearns for the oracle to model american society on walt whitman's poetry. c. the speaker yearns for the oracle to suspend technological advancements in america. d. the speaker yearns for the oracle to stop staring at and judging american society. e. the speaker yearns for the oracle to elevate american society to a greater calling.

In concrete mixers what seems to be the speakers feeling about the concrete mixers

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive