The correct answer from the given options is D.) The character vs. nature conflict illustrates the powerlessness of the protagonist. A protagonist is the main character of a story or a play. While acting the person has to play a particular character even if it is against his nature.
It would be "man against oneself self" conflict, it is an internal struggle. The character has to overcome her/his real nature in order to make a decision between multiple paths
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
Circe drugs Odysseus's men, then turns the men to pigs.
B, Direct Characterization because you know what the character looks like without guessing.