Question

Read the passage from the odyssey - serve my turnto draw the time out—first a close-grained webi had the happy thought to set up weavingon my big loom in the hall. i said, that day:'young men—my suitors, now my lord is deadlet me finish my weaving before i marry,or else my thread will have been spun in is a shroud i weave for lord laerteswhen cold death comes to lay him on his country wives would hold me in dishonorif he, with all his fortune, lay unshrouded.'i reached their hearts that way, and they every day i wove on the great loom,but every night by torchlight i unwove it;and so for three years i deceived the line from the passage best shows that penelope is clever?

a) "I had the happy thought to set up weaving"
b) "The country wives would hold me in dishonor"
c) "So every day I wove on the great loom"
d) "And so for three years I deceived the Akhaians"

Answer 1

The line that best shows Penelope's cleverness from the passage provided is d) 'And so for three years I deceived the Akhaians,' as it directly illustrates her successful deception of the suitors.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage from The Odyssey illustrates Penelope's cleverness, particularly her ability to devise a plan to delay her suitors.

The line from the passage that best shows Penelope's cleverness is option d) "And so for three years I deceived the Akhaians." This statement demonstrates her successful strategy to mislead the suitors by weaving and then unweaving her work each night, thereby buying herself time and avoiding remarriage.

Options a), b), and c) describe actions that led up to her deception but do not directly show her cleverness like her admission of deceit in option d).