Question

How is the narrator freed from his prison? The prison walls are destroyed by an earthquake. The French army takes over the city. The fire started by his captors burns through the prison walls. The judge commutes his sentence.

Answer 1

no that one in the below is wrong the answer is:

The French army takes over the city.

Answer 2

Answer: The French army takes over the city.

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," a man has been tried by the Spanish Inquisition and found to be guilty. He is now imprisoned in a cell, and in the middle of the cell, there is a pit. After almost falling into it, we later find the character tied to a wooden board, with a sharp pendulum hanging over him. The speaker is eventually liberated when the French Army take over the city of Toledo.