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The Odyssey: Writing a Character Analysis, Part 3 — Quiz

Question 7 • English Language Arts 9

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. How does this excerpt prove that Odysseus’s men caused their own problems?

Answer
A
by explaining their military strategy
B
by illustrating their cruelty to one another
C
by describing their neglect of orders
D
by showing their physical weaknesses
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