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Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is clever?

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the rest of you stand by; I'll make the crossingin my own ship, with my own company,
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We lit a fire, burnt an offering,and took some cheese to eat; then sat in silence
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‘My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy.’
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So with our brand we bored that great eye socketwhile blood ran out around the red hot bar.
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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).

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Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).
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Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples.” (Homer 503)
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Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” Homer (503).
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Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (503).
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Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).
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Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

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Odysseus’s men “bent steady to the oars,” Homer (79)
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Odysseus’s men “bent steady to the oars” (Homer 79).
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Odysseus’s men “bent steady to the oars.” (Homer 79).
D
Odysseus’s men “bent steady to the oars” (Homer) 79
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Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

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The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus (Homer 186).”
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The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).
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The Cyclops insists “that they care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus,” Homer (186).
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The Cyclops insists “that they care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).”
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What excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best establishes Odysseus’s weakness?

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as for myself I took my five best fighters and went ahead.
B
a wineskin full I brought along, and victuals in a bag
C
I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer—
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We lit a fire, burnt an offering, and took some cheese to eat
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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.

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by describing their neglect of orders
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by explaining their military strategy
C
by showing their physical weaknesses
D
by illustrating their cruelty to one another
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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!”

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frustrated
B
determined.
C
talented.
D
impatient.
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Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer.My home is on the peaked sea-mark of Ithacaunder Mount Neion's wind-blown robe of leaves, in sight of other islands—Dulichium, Same, wooded Zacynthus—Ithacabeing most lofty in that coastal sea,and northwest, while the rest lie east and south. A rocky isle, but good for a boy's training;I shall not see on earth a place more dear, though I have been detained long by Calypso

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wants to rule his native land.
B
is eager to leave his home.
C
misses his native land.
D
fears for the safety of his home.
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Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey is cited properly in MLA style?

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“Last of them all my ram, the leader, came, / weighted by wool and me with my meditations” (Homer 376-377).
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“Last of them all my ram, the leader, came, / weighted by wool and me with my meditations.” Homer (376-377)
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“Last of them all my ram, the leader, came, / weighted by wool and me with my meditations” Homer, (376-377).
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“Last of them all my ram, the leader, came, / weighted by wool and me with my meditations” (Homer 376-377)
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heroiccarelesscruelhonest

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heroic
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careless
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cruel
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honest

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