Question

. When Odysseus goes to explore the land of the Cyclops, he ____ (1 point)

goes by himself.
takes his two best friends with him.
takes his twelve best men with him.
takes his whole crew with him.
2. Odysseus blinds Polyphemus instead of killing him because ____ (1 point)
he doesn’t want to anger Poseidon.
he needs him to move the great stone slab that blocks the door.
he doesn’t have the strength to kill him.
he wants Polyphemus to suffer for a long time.
3. Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus by ____ (1 point)
inching along the cave wall to the door.
waiting for him t

Answer 1

Takes his twelve best men
He needs him to move the stone
Going underneath sheep to escape

Answer 2

• Takes his twelve best men.
• He needs him to move the great stone slab that blocks the door.
• Tying themselves to the bellies of sheep.

In The Odyssey, Polyphemus is a giant, who happens to catch Odysseus's men in his cave in the land of Cyclops. He proceeds to eat them, two each day. In order to escape, Odysseus blind him, but tells him his name is "nobody," so that the giant cannot tell anyone who the perpetrator was. Eventually, as the giant moves the large stone that covers the exit of the cave, Odysseus and his men escape tied to the bellies of sheep.