The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Question

Part A
Throughout the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, Odysseus tempts fate by behaving recklessly. What is the reaction of his men?
A. They laugh at his hotheaded behavior.
B. They trust his ability to protect them.
C. They welcome his risk-taking action.
D. They try to discourage his rashness.

Part B
Which of these passages from “The Cyclops” in the excerpt from the Odyssey, Part 1, best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “... I wished / to see the cave man, what he had to offer— / no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.”
B. “Now, by the gods, I drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up: no quitting now.”
C. “‘Godsake, Captain! / Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!’”
D. “... But Zeus disdained my offering; / destruction for my ships he had in store / and death for those who sailed them, my companions.”

Answer 1

Part A:
D. They try to discourage his rashness.

Part B:
C. “‘Godsake, Captain! / Why bait the beast again? Let him alone!’”