Which statement from the text of city best shows that the author admires the work of ancient roman city builders?

a. "during the construction of the amphitheater some formwork was accidentally moved before the concrete in the vault had completely set, killing twenty-five slaves, their foreman, and a senator observing the work from the ground."
b. "the two aqueducts still satisfied the city's water needs and the one- hundred-twenty-year-old sewer system was still operating flawlessly."
c. "as verbonia's population steadily climbed, most landlords replaced their small apartment buildings with large apartment blocks."
d. "stables and storerooms around the central courtyard were also rented out."

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme