9. as a new reporter for the community magazine, amanda was nervous about doing her first interview with the state governor. she asked cameron, a veteran reporter, for some advice. cameron told amanda the first rule of an interview is to make the other person feel comfortable. the second rule is to ask open questions, the kind that requires more than a "yes" or "no" answer. which of these is a key idea in the paragraph? a. a reporter is about to expose a local politician in a feature story. b. an interview is not going well because the reporter does not know what she is doing. c. an older man is providing suggestions on how to ask controversial questions. d. a young woman is seeking the of someone more experienced.

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