The rising action identifies the element of plot.
The Three men's lives were saved as they were held above water by the monster which they discover to be a modern submarine, named the Nautilus, as they climb inside they come upon the submarines captain and his crew, his name is Captain Nemo (as i recall).
The correct answer should be <span>by invoking their muse
The muse is a source of inspiration. If you look at Iliad, he starts by saying "Sing, O, Goddess", where he mentions the muse as a goddess because she is the one who enabled him to tell the story with her inspiration. This is quite common in ancient Greek Epics. The Greek gods are however mentioned later and are often the central part of all epics, aside from heroes since usually the course of things is that they made a mess between each other and the people are the ones who have to suffer the consequences.</span>
The answer is C. a stone monument
It is exclamation point because for example, the person who is staying this sentence probably was astonished, or find it interesting so he/she said this sentence.