When Shiduri, the tavern-keeper, first sees the scraggly and disheveled Gilgamesh, she is very cautious.     She says, "This desperate man must be a ________________."Group of answer choicesdiseased leperlost sailormurdererson of a despicable and hated god.

When we first meet Odysseus, he is trapped on an island as the prisoner of a goddess. We know what kind of power she has because the poet describes her __________________________________.Group of answer choicesMind as seductiveBody as sensualWords as cleverEnvironment as lush and fertile

The quintessential Greek hero of the Iliad who refused to fight the relative of his grandfather's guest is _________.Group of answer choicesAjaxDiomedesAchillesHector

In the Odyssey, in a perverted expression of xenia, the cyclops politely offers to________________________________.Group of answer choicesLet Odysseus go if he leaves his menEat Odysseus lastGive the crew of Odysseus dead sheep as a parting giftShare his human meal with Odysseus

Gilgamesh was noticeably upset at Enkidu's passing.       He said," Beloved, wait, don't leave me. /       Dearest of men, don't die; don't let them take you from me."/       Then, as tradition would have it, Gilgamesh tore out clumps of hair from his head, as the blood mixed with his flow of tears."Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Having captured their king, the evil sorcerer demanded that the peasants bow to him and _________ him as their new ruler.brandishjeopardizefathomexalt