Question

Read the passage.

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer to this question is D

Answer 2

Answer:

The option that shows how the author makes a connection between Egyptian gargoyles and those from the Middle Ages is:

D.) She details how both ancient Egyptian gargoyles and gargoyles made during the Middle Ages blended human and animal elements.

Explanation:

In the excerpt we are studying here, the author explains the origin of gargoyles as well as their function. When it comes to drawing a connection between Egyptian and Middle Age gargoyles, the author begins by saying that, in Egypt, gargoyles depicted a creature that was half-man, half-beast -- a lion, more specifically. Then, the author proceeds until the same information is provided about the gargoyles of the Middle Ages. They too depicted creatures that were half-man, half-beast. The author makes a point of making the comparison clear:

During the Middle Ages, gargoyles became even more grotesque in appearance. [...] Like their historical counterparts in ancient Egypt, many medieval gargoyles were of creatures not of this world. Half-man and half-beast, they sat on the edges of buildings or projected forward out over the edges of structures.