It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, based on the given lines above, the literary device that Sophocles uses in these lines to keep the audience interested is DRAMATIC IRONY. Hope this helps.
This is a compound sentence because you can break it into two sentences.
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Answer:
C) “If an autonomous vehicle were available, those long-duration drivers would presumably be very interested in catching up on sleep”
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