What effect did spending time with the lotus-eaters have on odysseus's men?
a. the men lost the desire to return home.
b. the men became enemies of odysseus.
c. the men developed a fear of sailing.
d. the men fell in love with the beautiful natives there.

The correct answer is A. the men lost the desire to return home.
These Lotus eaters gave Odysseus' men some of their lotus to try out. The plant is quite intoxicating, acting as a form of drug, which is why they became so addicted to it that they didn't want to leave the island ever again. So Odysseus obviously had to save them somehow.

An inference that can be made is that the princess is bothered about the tiger door. although there are reasons for both this one has a better reason. the princess is not a monster and even if she didn't want to marry this man she wouldn't want him to die. the grudge of death is pretty heavy. unless she has done this before and feels no regret then she wouldn't want to be married to someone of low quality, if he is low quality.