Read these lines from Linda Pastan's "Erosion": We are slowly undermined. Grain by grain. . . . How does the poem establish a sense of erosion? A. repetition of "grain" B. the word "slowly" C. strategic line breaks D. none of the above

Answer : B. The word “slowly”

Explanation: You do not feel erosion if the sentence states the below:
We are undermined. Grain by grain. . . .
If so, the sense is just of a sentence. “Slowly” adds spice and sweetness. It gives a sense of hard work and erosion.

Atahualpaemperor of the inca empire who rose to the throne after winning a civil war between him and his brother.  -he refused to become a spanish vassal or christian.-francisco pizarro kidnapped him and demanded a huge ransom.  -pizarro's secretary described him as "a man of thirty years, good-looking and poised, somewhat stout, with a wide, handsome, and ferocious face, and the eyes flaming with blood."-after the ransom was paid, atahualpa was killed by pizarro

The correct answer is option a.