Question

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.

At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,
at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.
They had traveled for just three days and nights,
a six weeks’ journey for ordinary men.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text?

The men are able to walk four hundred miles before stopping to eat and one thousand miles before stopping to rest.
Ordinary men would need less time if they were to embark on a journey of similar length and difficulty.
The men are able to travel in three days and nights a distance that would take ordinary men six weeks.
Ordinary men would never be able to walk one thousand miles before stopping to eat or to pitch a camp.
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Answer 1

C. The men are able to travel in three days and nights a distance that would take ordinary men six weeks.

Step-by-step explanation:

The only reference to regular guys in this passage is a comparison to how long it takes them—six weeks.