The Odyssey: Conflict and Theme, Part 4 Answers

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Read the excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey by Homer.I made straight for the ship, roused up the men to get aboard and cast off at the stern. They scrambled to their places by the rowlocksand all in line dipped oars in the gray sea.

Read the paragraph.Trey repeated the scales. His manipulation of the keys was becoming less of a struggle, and the tuba was making sounds that were almost musical. The low notes still gave him pause, though, so he attempted them again. After countless repetitions, his room boomed with the tuba’s brassy blare. He held the last note until he was out of breath, and as he exhaled, he heard his mother say from downstairs, “That one sounded good!”

What excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best establishes Odysseus’s weakness?

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer.but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle,feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones.

Which MLA citations are properly cited? Check all that apply.Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples.” (Homer 503)Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” Homer (503).Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (503).Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).

Read the excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey by Homer.so let me tell [Circe’s] forecast: then we diewith our eyes open, if we are going to die,or know what death we baffle if we can. Sirens weaving a haunting song over the seawe are to shun, she said, and their green shoreall sweet with clover; yet she urged that Ialone should listen to their song. Thereforeyou are to tie me up, tight as a splint, erect along the mast, lashed to the mast,and if I shout and beg to be untied,take more turns of the rope to muffle me.’

Which excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey is cited properly in MLA style?

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer.I would not heed them in my glorying spirit, but let my anger flare and yelled:'Cyclops,if ever mortal man inquirehow you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes' son, whose home's on Ithaca!'