Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
Then,
his chores being all dispatched, he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast, and whisked away his great door slab to let his sheep go through-but he, behind, reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.
The use of the epic simile in this excerpt helps readers understand that
• the Cyclops has eaten another bunch of Odysseus's men.
• Odysseus and his men are still trapped inside the cave.
• the enormous stone is easily and routinely moved by the giant Cyclops.
the Cyclops takes his sheep out to pasture with him in the mornings.
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the enormous stone is easily and routinely moved by the giant Cyclops.
Read the except from The Odyssey.
*Why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say put out again on good salt water!'
Ah,
how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer— no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.
Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about Odysseus? Select two options.
• Odysseus is a careless leader who does not care about the safety of his crew.
Odysseus's curiosity about the Cyclops is stronger than his good judgment.
• Odysseus wants to see if the Cyclops has anything to give to him and his men.
• Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men.
*Why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say put out again on good salt water!'
Ah,
how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer— no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.
Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about Odysseus? Select two options.
• Odysseus is a careless leader who does not care about the safety of his crew.
Odysseus's curiosity about the Cyclops is stronger than his good judgment.
• Odysseus wants to see if the Cyclops has anything to give to him and his men.
• Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men.
Odysseus's curiosity about the Cyclops is stronger than his good judgment.
Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men.
Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men.
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
'My ship?
Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land's end.
A wind from seaward served him, drove us there.
We are survivors, these good men and I!'
What motivates Odysseus to tell a lie to the Cyclops?
• Odysseus knows that Poseidon is the Cyclops' father.
• Odysseus is afraid the Cyclops will steal their ship.
• Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
• Odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.
'My ship?
Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land's end.
A wind from seaward served him, drove us there.
We are survivors, these good men and I!'
What motivates Odysseus to tell a lie to the Cyclops?
• Odysseus knows that Poseidon is the Cyclops' father.
• Odysseus is afraid the Cyclops will steal their ship.
• Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
• Odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.
Odysseus is afraid the Cyclops will steal their ship.
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. but Cyclops went on filling up his belly with manflesh and great gulps of whey, then lay down like a mast among his sheep.
What two unlike elements are being compared in this simile?
• the Cyclops and the mast of a ship
• the Cyclops' belly and his sheep
• manflesh and gulps of whey
• a mast and a flock of sheep
What two unlike elements are being compared in this simile?
• the Cyclops and the mast of a ship
• the Cyclops' belly and his sheep
• manflesh and gulps of whey
• a mast and a flock of sheep
the Cyclops and the mast of a ship
(Note: The simile in the excerpt compares the Cyclops lying down among his sheep to a mast among a ship. This comparison highlights the size and immobility of the Cyclops in that moment.)
(Note: The simile in the excerpt compares the Cyclops lying down among his sheep to a mast among a ship. This comparison highlights the size and immobility of the Cyclops in that moment.)
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
Here are the means I thought would serve my turn: a club, or staff, lay there along the fold-an olive tree, felled green and left to season for Cyclops' hand. And it was like a mast a lugger of twenty oars, broad in the beam-a deep-sea-going craft-might carry: so long, so big around, it seemed.
Based on the epic simile, how should the reader picture the beam of wood Odysseus found in the cave?
• like a deep-sea-going ship or vessel
• like an olive tree, just felled and still green
• like the Cyclops, large and wide
• like the mast of an enormously large ship
Here are the means I thought would serve my turn: a club, or staff, lay there along the fold-an olive tree, felled green and left to season for Cyclops' hand. And it was like a mast a lugger of twenty oars, broad in the beam-a deep-sea-going craft-might carry: so long, so big around, it seemed.
Based on the epic simile, how should the reader picture the beam of wood Odysseus found in the cave?
• like a deep-sea-going ship or vessel
• like an olive tree, just felled and still green
• like the Cyclops, large and wide
• like the mast of an enormously large ship
like the mast of an enormously large ship
(Note: In the simile, the beam of wood that Odysseus found is described as being similar to the mast of an enormously large ship, emphasizing its size and weight.)
(Note: In the simile, the beam of wood that Odysseus found is described as being similar to the mast of an enormously large ship, emphasizing its size and weight.)
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
Why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say put out again on good salt water!'
Ah,
how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer— no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.
Odysseus ignores his men's pleas to return to the ship.
As a result, they face terrible consequences. How does Odysseus's decision defy ancient Greek attitudes and values?
• A great leader makes decisions that are good for him, no matter how they affect his men.
• A great leader listens to his men and considers their thoughts and opinions.
• A great leader has great self-control and makes sound decisions.
• A great leader takes risks in order to gain more treasure and learn about foreign lands.
Why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
We'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. We say put out again on good salt water!'
Ah,
how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer— no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.
Odysseus ignores his men's pleas to return to the ship.
As a result, they face terrible consequences. How does Odysseus's decision defy ancient Greek attitudes and values?
• A great leader makes decisions that are good for him, no matter how they affect his men.
• A great leader listens to his men and considers their thoughts and opinions.
• A great leader has great self-control and makes sound decisions.
• A great leader takes risks in order to gain more treasure and learn about foreign lands.
A great leader listens to his men and considers their thoughts and opinions.
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.
Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
The epic simile in this excerpt shows
• how helpless Odysseus's men are in the clutches of the Cyclops.
how violently and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself.
• that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men.
• that there is no possible escape for Odysseus and his men.
Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
The epic simile in this excerpt shows
• how helpless Odysseus's men are in the clutches of the Cyclops.
how violently and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself.
• that Cyclops is enormous in comparison to Odysseus and his men.
• that there is no possible escape for Odysseus and his men.
how violent and uncivilized the Cyclops behaves himself.
Read the except from The Odyssey.
My heart beat high now at the chance of action, and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I went along his flank to stab him where the midriff holds the liver. I had touched the spot when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him we perished there as well, for we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside.
So we were left to groan and wait for morning.
What prevents Odysseus from killing the sleeping
Cyclops?
• He thinks he can reason with the Cyclops in the morning.
• He wants to make the Cyclops his ally and friend.
• He knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
• He feels sorry for the Cyclops who lives all by himself.
My heart beat high now at the chance of action, and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I went along his flank to stab him where the midriff holds the liver. I had touched the spot when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him we perished there as well, for we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside.
So we were left to groan and wait for morning.
What prevents Odysseus from killing the sleeping
Cyclops?
• He thinks he can reason with the Cyclops in the morning.
• He wants to make the Cyclops his ally and friend.
• He knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
• He feels sorry for the Cyclops who lives all by himself.
He knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
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