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

A
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—
D
We lit a fire, burnt an offering, and took some cheese to eat
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Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is clever?

A
the rest of you stand by; I'll make the crossingin my own ship, with my own company,
B
We lit a fire, burnt an offering,and took some cheese to eat; then sat in silence
C
‘My name is Nohbdy: mother, father, and friends,everyone calls me Nohbdy.’
D
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).

A
Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).
B
Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples.” (Homer 503)
C
Odysseus’s men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” Homer (503).
D
Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (503).
E
Homer writes that the men “went to sleep above the wash of ripples” (Homer 503).
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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!'

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frustrated.
B
proud.
C
violent.
D
sympathetic.
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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.’

A
He trusts Circe’s advice.
B
He remembers the Sirens.
C
He questions his men’s strength.
D
He believes they will succeed.
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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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