The Odyssey: Writing a Character Analysis, Part 3

Question 1

heroiccarelesscruelhonest

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careless

Question 2

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 3

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.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by describing their neglect of orders

Question 4

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The Cyclops insists that they “care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus” (Homer 186).

Question 6

isolationviolenceknowledgehonesty

Revolt · Accepted Answer

isolation

Question 7

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 8

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.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by revealing his ignorant assumptions

Question 9

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Odysseus’s men “bent steady to the oars” (Homer 79).

Question 10

Which words from the paragraph support the conclusion that Professor Ramirez is a demanding teacher? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

challenging; exhaustive note taking; time-consuming lab work

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