Question

read the excerpt from lawrence ferlinghettis to the oracle at delphi.
great oracle, sleeping through the centuries,
awaken now at last
and tell us how to save us from ourselves
and how to survive our own rulers
who would make a plutocracy of our democracy
in the great divide
between the rich and the poor
in whom walt whitman heard america singing
who are the
ulers\ mentioned in the text?
a. military officers
b. religious leaders
c. educators
d. the wealthy

Explanation:

The text mentions "who would make a plutocracy of our democracy" and "the Great Divide between the rich and the poor". A plutocracy is a society ruled by the wealthy. The rulers here are those who aim to turn democracy into a plutocracy, so they are the wealthy. Military officers (A) aren't indicated, religious leaders (B) aren't referenced, and educators (C) don't fit the context of creating a plutocracy.

Answer:

D. the wealthy