Answer:
Hester climbs the stairs and stands on the scaffolding.
1. "Personification" is the figure of speech among the choices given in the question that <span>is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III. The correct option is option "C".
2. "The suitors" is the one antecedent for the pronoun "them" among the following choices that are given in the question. The correct option is option "C".</span>
A linking verb, as the name itself says, is used to link, or to connect parts of a sentence. In this sentence, there are two verbs - went and is. However, went is not a linking verb but rather a main verb. This means that the linking verb is IS.