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The Odyssey and Epic Poetry: An Introduction, Part 1 — Cumulative exam

Question 47 • Online ELA 9 - A

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.‘Then a seaborne deathsoft as this hand of mist will come upon you when you are wearied out with rich old age,your country folk in blessed peace around you.And all this shall be just as I foretell.’

Answer
A
have a gentle death.
B
die exhausted.
C
have a happy death.
D
die very wealthy.

Explanation

Teiresias predicts that Odysseus’s death will come when he is old and surrounded by peaceful country folk. The phrase “soft as this hand of mist” suggests a gentle, peaceful death, so the best choice is “have a gentle death.” “Wearied out” describes his old age, not that he will die exhausted.

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