Question

read the passage from \by the waters of babylon\.
but it was not dark. everywhere there were lights-
lines of light-circles and blurs of light-ten thousand
torches would not have been the same. the sky itself
was alight-you could barely see the stars for the glow
in the sky. i thought to myself this is strong magic
and trembled. there was a roaring in my ears like the
rushing of rivers. then my eyes grew used to the light
and my ears to the sound. i knew that i was seeing the
city as it had been when the gods were alive.
that was a sight indeed-yes, that was a sight: i could
not have seen it in the body-my body would have
died. everywhere went the gods, on foot and in
chariots-there were gods beyond number and
counting and their chariots blocked the streets. they
had turned night to day for their pleasure-they did not
leep with the sun. the noise of their coming and
which details from the text best support the analysis
that the narrator is in awe of the city at night? select
three options.
\but it was not dark. everywhere there were lights.\
\i thought to myself this is a strong magic and
trembled.\
\that was a sight indeed-yes, that was a sight: i
could not have seen it in the body-my body would
have died.\
\everywhere went the gods, on foot and in chariots.\
\it was magic what they could do-it was magic what
they did.\

Explanation:

• "But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights." shows the impressive sight of the city at night.
• "I thought to myself 'This is a strong magic' and trembled." indicates the narrator's awe.
• "That was a sight indeed—yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body—my body would have died." emphasizes the overwhelming nature of the city at night.

Answer:

• "But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights."
• "I thought to myself 'This is a strong magic' and trembled."
• "That was a sight indeed—yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body—my body would have died."