Read the excerpt from “Death by Black Hole.”If you were made of rubber then you would just stretch in response. But humans are composed of other materials such as bones and muscles and organs. Your body would stay whole until the instant the tidal force exceeded your body’s molecular bonds. (If the Inquisition had access to black holes, this, instead of the rack, would surely have become the stretching device of choice.)Which sentence from the excerpt supports the idea that falling into a black hole would be a violent death?
Answer
A
If you were made of rubber then you would just stretch in response.
B
But humans are composed of other materials such as bones and muscles and organs.
C
Your body would stay whole until the instant the tidal force exceeded your body’s molecular bonds.
D
If the Inquisition had access to black holes, this, instead of the rack, would surely have become the stretching device of choice.
Explanation
The sentence comparing a black hole’s stretching force to the Inquisition’s rack suggests a painful, violent process. The other sentences describe rubber stretching or explain what holds the human body together, but they do not make the violent-death idea as clearly as the comparison to a torture device.
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