What does this excerpt from book 21 of homer's odyssey reveal about ulysses's wife, penelope? to whom the queen: "if fame engage your views, forbear those acts which infamy pursues; wrong and oppression no renown can raise; know, friend! that virtue is the path to praise. the stature of our guest, his port, his face, speak him descended from no vulgar race. to him the bow, as he desires, convey; and to his hand if phoebus give the day, hence, to reward his merit, be shall bear a two-edged falchion and a shining spear, embroider'd sandals, a rich cloak and vest, a safe conveyance to his port of rest." a. she knows that the beggar in disguise is ulysses, so she defends him. b. she is fair, impartial, and not affected by a person's social status. c. she is clever and wants to make a good impression on her suitors. d. she thinks the beggar will be a distraction to keep her son safe from the suitors.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

Which characteristic do zulu and boshongo share