Researching and Writing about a Mythical Character — Unit test
Question 27 • Common Core ELA 9 - ELA3009 A-IC
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.'Cyclops, try some wine.Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carriedunder our planks. I meant it for an offeringif you would help us home. But you are mad,unbearable, a bloody monster! After this,will any other traveler come to see you?'
Answer
H
He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free.
H
He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him.
H
He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance.
H
He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.