Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Which key details should be included in a paraphrase
Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north
of this passage? Select three options.
a storm against the ships, and driving veils
0 The storm was a direct result of Zeus's fury at the
of squall moved down like night on land and sea.
men.
The bows went plunging at the gust; sails
cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind.
For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at
We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards,
sea.
unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee:
then two long days and nights we lay offshore
O Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.
worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief,
until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining.
0 The sails on the ship cracked in the heavy winds. in
The men felt grief as they lay
offshore and waited.

Answer 1

Answer: The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men.

For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea.

Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.

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