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Which excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey is cited properly in MLA style?

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“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot.” Homer (55-56)
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“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot” (Homer 55-56).
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“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot” Homer, 55-56.
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“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot.” (Homer) 55-56
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Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

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Homer writes that the men’s oars “sent the white foam scuddling by” (38).
B
Homer writes “that the men’s oars sent the white foam scuddling by” (38)
C
Homer writes “that the men’s oars sent the white foam scuddling by,” (38).
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Homer writes that the men’s oars “sent the white foam scuddling by.” (38)
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One theme found throughout The Odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.

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“The wind that carried west from Iliumbrought me to Ismarus, on the far shore,a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”
B
“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.”
C
He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?
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“Spare your own people. As for ourselves, we'll makerestitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”
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What should be written in a formal style?

A
personal e-mails
B
friendly letters
C
movie reviews
D
work documents
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Said Odysseus:"Run then, while I hold them off with arrowsas long as the arrows last. When all are goneif I'm alone they can dislodge me."

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to run quickly when in dangerous battle
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to make arrows with few materials
C
to lead confidently in times of distress
D
to give orders without self-assurance
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Use the thesaurus entry for migrate to answer the question.migrateverbDefinition: to move from one place to anotherSynonyms: drift, journey, rove, shift, wanderAntonyms: sojourn, stay, stop, halt

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Looking for work, many unemployed people began to roam the land.
B
I think I will stroll down the street to visit the Sanchez family today.
C
Kit and Helen decided to remain in the small town and open a coffee shop.
D
Yuchi chose to trek across the mountains by himself rather than with a group.
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Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best supports the conclusion that Odysseus’s fate is doomed?

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The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him,and we fell back in fear.
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But I kept thinking how to win the game:death sat there huge; how could we slip away?
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Ahead of our black prow it struck and sankwhelmed in a spurning geyser,
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But Zeus disdained my offering;destruction for my ships he had in store

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