1. PART A: Which statement best expresses a main theme of the text? (RL2) * 1 point People are motivated by their own fears and selfish desires. True love is worth great sacrifice and can survive even death. Being overcome by beauty has the ability to change a person’s path in life. People are incapable of escaping the finality of death.

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