Are there answer choices? If not, Just reading over this passage for the first time, It seems the narrator could be describing something very majestic, like a statue built in the ocean, of a god or something. it seems as though the narrator personifies this statue as though the statue itself is a character and has feelings, maybe even something to hide. Hope this helps!
The action or activity of gathering information about consumers' needs and preferences
D. Spoken too quietly, the directions to the store were misunderstood.
