Instruction: answer questions 36 to 40 based on the following text.

“The Kiss of Death”: The Magnificent Sculpture Celebrating the Afterlife

1. Nestled into an 18th-century cemetery in Barcelona, “The Kiss of Death” is a haunting
2. sculpture used to commemorate one man's grave. The piece is located in the city's Poblenou
3. Cemetery and is one of its most iconic tombs. The marble statue is not only impressive for the
4. fine carving, for the tender way in which it embraces death. It is a fine example of
5. modern memento mori art, which translates to “remember that you will die”. Rather than viewing
6. death as something to be feared, memento mori embraces the immortality of the soul and the
7. afterlife.
8. The Kiss of Death fits the concept perfectly – death is in the guise of a winged skeleton
9. that gently holds on to a dying man and lays a kiss on his cheek. This moving idea follows a long
10. tradition of classical sculpture, even though the sculpture itself is from the 20th century. The
11. piece was created __ 1930 __ the tomb __ Josep Laudet Soler. Though his exact birthdate is
12. unknown, it is believed that Soler died __ a young age, which prompted his family to commission
13. the statue. It surely would have brought comfort to the family to imagine that Soler embraced,
14. rather than feared, his death and that he passed in a peaceful manner.
15. Heralded for the masterful display of texture, it is believed to have been created by Jaume
16. Barba, whose name is carved into the base, though some attribute the design to Joan Fontbernat.
17. The hard bones of the skeleton stand in juxtaposition to the young man's toned body, and its
18. bony fingers sink into the man's soft flesh in a manner that reminds viewers of the human body's
19. circle of life. The emotion it stirs is one of the many reasons that the sculpture has continued to
20. attract visitors for nearly 100 years. Pobleneou Cemetery is worthwhile visiting: its monumental
21. graves harken back to a time when Barcelona's bourgeoisie went to great lengths to celebrate
22. their loved ones. And recently, the city has taken steps to keep the site on the minds of travelers
23. thanks to a cemetery route and an Android app that explains some of Poblenou's greatest tombs
24. – including The Kiss of Death.

(Available at: https://mymodernmet.com/poblenou-cemetery-kiss-of-death/ – text especially adapted for this test).