Question

read the excerpt from the odyssey.
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back,
throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?
well drive the kids and lambs aboard. we say
put out again on good salt water!

why not
for it?
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.

• odysseuss 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.

• no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.

• odysseus is a careless leader who does not care

about the safety of his crew.

• odysseuss 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.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The excerpt shows Odysseus refuses to leave quickly, but it's due to curiosity, not carelessness about his crew's safety. So this is incorrect.
2. Analyze the second option: Odysseus wants to see what the Cyclops offers despite the risk (his men want to leave), so his curiosity overcomes good judgment. This is correct.
3. Analyze the third option: The men want to leave with goods, but Odysseus stays to see the Cyclops, not to get something for his men. So this is incorrect.
4. Analyze the fourth option: Odysseus refuses to leave when his men want to, possibly to avoid seeming weak in front of them. This is a valid inference.

So the correct options are the second (Odysseus’s curiosity about the Cyclops is stronger than his good judgment) and the fourth (Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men).

Answer:

B. Odysseus’s curiosity about the Cyclops is stronger than his good judgment
D. Odysseus is worried about appearing weak in front of his men