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secrecyangergreedjealousy

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secrecy
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anger
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greed
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jealousy
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Which excerpt from The Odyssey best shows Odysseus demonstrating the epic hero traits of strength and leadership?

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This was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. They came with dawn over that terrain like the leavesand blades of spring. So doom appeared to us, dark word of Zeus for us, our evil days.
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We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining.
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We stopped to take on water. All ships' companiesmustered alongside for the mid-day meal.Then I sent out two picked men and a runnerto learn what race of men that land sustained. They fell in, soon enough, with Lotus-Eaters,
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I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest: ‘All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one tastethe Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.’
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Said Odysseus:"Run then, while I hold them off with arrowsas long as the arrows last. When all are goneif I'm alone they can dislodge me."

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to run quickly when in dangerous battle
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to make arrows with few materials
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to lead confidently in times of distress
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to give orders without self-assurance
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Then we unloaded all the Cyclops' flockto make division, share and share alike,only my fighters voted that my ram,the prize of all, should go to me. I slew himby the sea side and burnt his long thighbones to Zeus beyond the stormcloud, Cronus’ son,who rules the world. But Zeus disdained my offering;destruction for my ships he had in storeand death for those who sailed them, my companions.

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Odysseus believes that he controls his own destiny.
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Odysseus is destined to perish at sea along with his men.
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Odysseus is religious and he believes in the power of the gods.
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Odysseus believes that he can escape his destiny.
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Read the dictionary entry.re • frain [ri-freyn]1. (verb) to resist doing something2. (noun) the chorus of a musical piece

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The flight attendant requested that the passengers refrain from smoking.
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Students should refrain from using their cell phones during the lecture.
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Experienced audience members refrain from clapping until the end.
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The haunting refrain stayed with the audience long after the show ended.

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