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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.“Count up the suitors for me, let me knowwhat men at arms are there, how many men.I must put all my mind to it, to seeif we two by ourselves can take them onor if we should look round for help.”

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Odysseus will make himself known to Penelope.
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Odysseus will battle the suitors with Telemachus.
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Odysseus will soon leave on another long voyage.
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Odysseus will join with Antinous in a celebration.
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In which sentences is the word charisma used correctly? Select three answers.

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Most people seemed to respond to the candidate’s charisma rather than to his political agenda.
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Benjamin was overwhelmed by his co-worker’s charisma, and he promised to repay him as soon as possible.
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Alyssa’s acting talent was not great, but she hoped her charisma would secure her a role in the play.
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Though Farhan could be charming, he knew that he could not rely on his charisma to get the job.
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Julio used his charisma to haul the leaky boat and its soggy passengers out of the water.
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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 Odysseus and his men “were left to groan and wait for morning.” (Homer, 218)
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Homer writes “that Odysseus and his men were left to groan and wait for morning” (Homer: 218).
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Homer writes that Odysseus and his men “were left to groan and wait for morning” (218).
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Homer writes “that Odysseus and his men were left to groan and wait for morning” (218)
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Few words I shouted in reply to him:‘If I could take your life I would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell!The god of earthquake could not heal you there!'At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed to Poseidon:‘O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hail on Ithac

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He has put himself and his men in even more danger.
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He is a wise leader who will find a safe and quick route to Ithaca.
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He has forgiven the Cyclops for eating his men.
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He is a calm man who relies on reason rather than emotion.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.I shall not see on earth a place more dear, though I have been detained long by Calypso,loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight, as Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress,desired me, and detained me in her hall. But in my heart I never gave consent. Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold.

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They valued beauty.
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They valued family.
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They valued wealth.
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They valued wisdom.
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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?'

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He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free.
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He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him.
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He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance.
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He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.
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Which key details should be included in a paraphrase of this passage? Select three options.

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The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men.
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For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea.
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Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.
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The sails on the ship cracked in the heavy winds.
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The men felt grief as they lay offshore and waited.

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