Question

The incident of the woman who was burnt is mentioned in order to ____________.

• A. horrify the reader
• B. illustrate one reason for the unsavoury reputation of the place
• C. show the bloodthirsty nature of former occupants
• D. add realistic details to an imaginary plot
• E. show the magnitude of the gulf between the pas and the present

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

illustrate one reason for the unsavoury reputation of the place

In the fourth para, the author states that happy lovers never chose the Amphitheaters as place where they could meet. He imagines this could be because of its sinister reputation. Then, he gives an example of a woman who was burnt alive before ten thousand spectators to explain why it had a sinister reputation. Thus, B is the correct answer.

Other options can be rejected as they don't answer the question correctly.