How is the narrator freed from his prison? the prison walls are destroyed by an earthquake. the french army takes over the city. the fire started by his captors burns through the prison walls. the judge commutes his sentence.

The French army takes over the city.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," a man has been tried by the Spanish Inquisition and found to be guilty. He is now imprisoned in a cell, and in the middle of the cell, there is a pit. After almost falling into it, we later find the character tied to a wooden board, with a sharp pendulum hanging over him. The speaker is eventually liberated when the French Army take over the city of Toledo.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

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