I believe the answer is cause
Answer:
destruction
Explanation:
Lightning is mostly used as a symbol of destruction that is referred to often in the book.
The correct answer is eat
The main verb is eat, however, did is also a verb but it is used in order to formulate the question regarding the eating itself.
The phrase, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind, was intended to convey a respect for what mankind thinks. Opinions are biases indulged by mankind inside their thought-matrices. Mankind is the species known as Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
