Why does manuel stop after walking down three steps?

Which words best describes the speakers?

The significant structural shift that happens between chapters 21 and 22 is

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