The Odyssey: Writing a Character Analysis, Part 3

Question 1

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).

Question 2

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

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‘My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy.’

Question 3

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

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“They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks /and all in line dipped oars in the gray sea” (Homer 6-7).

Question 4

What can readers conclude about Allison? Check all that apply.

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She wants to play on her school’s basketball team.; She is willing to practice to improve her skills.; She has experience playing basketball with her friends.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey by Homer.We would entreat you, great Sir, have a carefor the gods' courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.'He answered thisfrom his brute chest, unmoved'You are a ninny,or else you come from the other end of nowhere,telling me, mind the gods! We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeusor all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far.

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by revealing his ignorant assumptions

Question 6

Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer.They fell in, soon enough, with Lotus-Eaters,who showed no will to do us harm, onlyoffering the sweet Lotus to our friends—but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus,never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing onthat native bloom, forgetful of their homeland.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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I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships,

Question 7

Read the paragraph.Rina hustled through the classroom door, found her assigned seat, and sat down. After a few greetings to her friends, she unzipped her bulging binder and began to sort through its pages. She unearthed dog-eared worksheets, highlighted notes, and dated projects; alas, last night’s homework was not in the World History section where she had hoped it would be. As the bell rang, Rina’s fruitless search continued.

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disorganized.

Question 8

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).

Question 9

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).; Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (503).

Question 10

isolationviolenceknowledgehonesty

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isolation

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