A. But the man skilled in all ways of contending, satisfied by the great bow’s look and heft, like a musician, like a harper, when with quiet hand upon his instrument he draws between his thumb and forefinger a sweet new string upon a peg: so effortlessly Odysseus in one motion strung the bow. 1. In the passage, what extended comparison does Homer use to complete this analogy: archer : bow :: A. composer : instrument. B. peg : string. C. musician : harp. D. hand : forefinger.
2. The comparison suggests that, like the musician, Odysseus A. is nervous before he begins. B. works with a stringed instrument. C. is proficient in music. D. knows his instrument and where to get good strings.
B. Think of a catch that fishermen haul in to a half-moon bay in a fine-meshed net from the whitecaps of the sea: how all are poured out on the sand, in throes for the salt sea, twitching their cold lives away in Helios’ fiery air: so lay the suitors heaped on one another.
1. Based on this passage, what comparison completes this analogy? Odysseus : suitors :: A. big fish : little fish. B. hunter : catch. C. Odysseus : enemies. D. fisherman : fish.
2. The comparison suggests that A. Odysseus was also a good fisherman. B. the suitors had as much chance against Odysseus as fish have when they are caught in a net. C. something fishy was going on in Ithaca, and Odysseus had to correct it. D. the setting of much of the epic is the Greek isles, where fishing is an important industry
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