Read the paraphrase.Although I was sad to see my mother’s dead ghost, I didn’t speak with her because I needed to talk to a different ghost.
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope.Ruses serve my turnto draw the time out—first a close-grained webI had the happy thought to set up weavingon my big loom in the hall. I said, that day:'Young men—my suitors, now my lord is deadlet me finish my weaving before I marry,or else my thread will have been spun in vain.It is a shroud I weave for Lord Laerteswhen cold Death comes to lay him on his bier.The country wives would hold me in dishonorif he, with all his fortune, lay unshrouded.'I reached their hearts that way, and they agreed.So every day I wove on the great loom,but every night by torchlight I unwove it;and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians.
From The Odyssey - Penelope, what can the reader predict about Odysseus and Penelope’s future relationship?
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope."My lady, never a man in the wide worldshould have a fault to find with you. Your namehas gone out under heaven like the sweethonor of some god-fearing king, who rulesin equity over the strong: his black lands bearboth wheat and barley, fruit trees laden bright,new lambs at lambing time—and the deep seagives great hauls of fish by his good strategy,his folk fare well.”
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope.Ruses served my turnto draw the time out—first a close-grained webI had the happy thought to set up weavingon my big loom in the hall.
Which key details should be included in a paraphrase of this passage? Select two options.
Which of these sentences correctly use the word crude as it is defined? Select three answers.
Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.and on our starboard beam Charybdis, dire gorge of the salt seatide. By heaven! when shevomited, all the sea was like a cauldronseething over intense fire, when the mixturesuddenly heaves and rises.
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What excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best establishes Odysseus’s weakness?
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.“Stranger,you are no longer what you were just now!Your cloak is new; even your skin! You areone of the gods who rule the sweep of heaven!Be kind to us, we’ll make you fair oblation and gifts of hammered gold. Have mercy on us!”
Being reunited with Penelope is which part of Odysseus’s epic journey?
Which is a step in making and checking predictions while reading?
Which sentence shows the correct use of a common homophone?
Read the excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey by Homer.They fell in, soon enough, with Lotus-Eaters,who showed no will to do us harm, onlyoffering the sweet Lotus to our friends—but those who ate this honeyed plant, the Lotus,never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing onthat native bloom, forgetful of their homeland.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.
Which event from The Odyssey best highlights the idea that the ancient Greeks greatly disliked greediness?
In The Odyssey - Amphimedon, what motivates Odysseus to dress as a beggar?
In organizing the events of Odysseus’s quest, why would the text in The Odyssey - Elpenor be labeled as part of the road of trials?
The Odyssey - Elpenor is an epic poem because it features a(n)
Read the passage from The Odyssey - Elpenor.By nightour ship ran onward toward the Ocean's bourne,the realm and region of the Men of Winter,hidden in mist and cloud. Never the flamingeye of Helios lights on those menat morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven;ruinous night being rove over those wretches.
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