Jazlene Bradley

English

28 June, 16:19

Read this passage from The Odyssey.

I approached my host with a cordial, winning word:

'So, you ask me the name I'm known by, Cyclops?

I will tell you. But you must give me a guest-gift

as you've promised. Nobodythat's my name.

Nobody

so my mother and father call me, all my friends.'

What explicit detail is the reader given about Odysseus in this passage?

A. Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody."

B. Odysseus is passive aggressive, which is shown by how cordial he acts.

C. Odysseus is clever to have fooled the Cyclops so easily.

D. Odysseus is reluctant to give the monster his full name.