1. if a fathom is a measure of depth, what does fathomless most likely mean?

a
to be of average depth

b
to have no measurement tools

c
to have a measure of width

d
to be too deep to measure

2. why does most of the excerpt from the odyssey, part 1 qualify as a flashback?

1points
a
in early scenes, homer hints at dangers that odysseus will face in future episodes of the epic.

b
homer interrupts the story of odysseus’ journey home by having odysseus tell alcinous of earlier events.

c
the adventures of odysseus are set in the distant past, in ancient greece.

d
homer opens the narrative with an invocation to the muse of epic poetry.

3. which of these quotations from the excerpt from the odyssey, part 1 best illustrates typical qualities of an epic hero?

1points
a
“in the next land we found were cyclopes, / giants, louts, without a law to bless them.”

b
“we beached her, grinding keel in the soft sand, / and waded in, ourselves, on the sandy beach.”

c
“i rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, / while our good ship made time, bound outward down / the wind for the strange island of sirens.”

d
“now, by the gods, i drove my big hand spike / deep in the embers, charring it again, / and cheered my men along with battle talk / to keep their courage up: no quitting now.”

4. define in medias res in one sentence. (1 point)

in one to two sentences, explain how the odyssey is an example of this literary technique. (1 point)

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification