Question

six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea, our precious lives we had, but not our friends. -the odyssey, homer which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage? six men from every ship were killed, leaving six empty benches. we escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad. there was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore. we had the additional burden of our grief when we sailed away.

Explanation:

The original text conveys three key points: 1) Escaping a deadly situation ("pulled away from death"), 2) Losing friends (empty benches mean missing crewmates), 3) Carrying grief over the lost friends while sailing. The best paraphrase must capture all these elements.

• The first option only mentions lost men and empty benches, ignoring the grief and escape context.
• The third option incorrectly claims there was no point in grieving, which contradicts the text's focus on bearing grief.
• The fourth option only addresses the grief burden, missing the detail of losing friends and the narrow escape.
• The second option includes the escape with lives, the loss of friends, and the resulting sadness (grief), matching all core elements of the original passage.

Answer:

B. We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.