My heart beat high now at the chance of action,
and drawing the sharp sword from my hip i went
along his flank to stab him where the midriff
holds the liver. i had touched the spot
when sudden fear stayed me: if i killed him
we perished there as well, for we could never
move his ponderous doorway slab aside.
so we were left to groan and wait for morning.

what prevents odysseus from killing the sleeping cyclops?

he thinks he can reason with the cyclops in the morning.
he wants to make the cyclops his ally and friend.
he knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
he feels sorry for the cyclops who lives all by himself.

Fill in the blanks mommy told the kids, who promised they up their rooms by lunch, that they would go to the park. a would cleanb cleanedc have cleaned

Use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question crude use context clues to choose the sentence that best uses the fourth definition of the word crude. crude ['krüd) adj from latin crudus 1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state 2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured 3. the quality of being obvious 4. the quality of being rough in execution rather than being subtle, selma was rather crude in the way she conducted herself at the meeting. elijah and his brother quickly built a crude shelter that would keep them warm and dry through the night. thelma's knowledge of art and poetry showed the rest of the diners that she was far from crude. there was oil to be found on the property, but it was crude and would need to be processed. mark this and return save and exit next submit

What was the main reason for truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on japan? to shorten the war to punish japan to save american lives the answer is c!