He was seeking Utnapishtim, the only human being who was granted eternal life by the gods.
The sentence given is "A major Romantic poet, John Keats wrote brilliantly, loved hopelessly, and died prematurely. The answer is letter C. "and died prematurely". This is to maintain the parallel structure of the sentence which should be your guide in choosing the next phrase. "brilliantly", "hopelessly", and "prematurely" are alike.
This is an example of an anecdote.
An anecdote is a short, interesting story meant to draw in the reader or to make a point.
It might be said this paragraph shows "the damages caused by the lateral blast" (option D) because the reader gets to know that it can "shoot (..) pieces of rocks", "kill by impact, burial or heat" and to "knock entire forests". Nothing about prevention or causes is mentioned not even how to avoid it