Read the excerpt from the odyssey.
why not
take the cheeses, get them stowed, come back,
throw open all the pen, 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
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.) a great leader makes decisions that are good for him, no matter how they affect his men.
b.) a great leader listens to his men and considers their thoughts and opinions.
c.) a great leader has great self-control and makes sound decisions.
d ) a great leader takes risks in order to gain more treasure and learn about foreign lands.

i'm leaning towards c but i'm not sure.

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

Which correctly identifies the underlined words in the sentence below? marta walked into the room and saw her friends waiting to congratulate her. a. a clause that is describing a noun b. a phrase that is describing a verb c. a clause that is describing a verb d. a phrase that is describing a noun2b2t