A)
Multiple Choice
Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149–151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey,
Part III?
Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, / so the taut gut vibrating hummed and
sang a swallow’s note.
(1 point)
simile
metaphor
personification
The figure of speech exemplified by lines 149-151 is personification.
A)
Which of the following is the antecedent for the pronoun them in the sentence below?
Penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors and gave them the bow.
(1 point)
Penelope
her maids
the suitors
The antecedent for the pronoun "them" in the sentence is "the suitors."
A)
What does the word sense most likely mean in line 69 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part
III?
You bleary vagabond, no rag of sense is left you!
(1 point)
intuition
rationality
sensibility