Question

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining. Which key details should be included in a paraphrase of this passage? Check all that apply. The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men. For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea. Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives. The sails on the ship cracked in the heavy winds. The men felt grief as they lay offshore and waited.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men.
2. For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea.
3. Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.

Explanation:

The Odyssey is an epic written by Homer. Even after ten years of the fall of Troy, Odysseus, the protagonist of the epic have not returned to his kingdom back. He is lost on the island with his fellow men.

Zeus in the epic is the King of gods and men. He usually intervenes between the conflicts of gods. In the epic he is seen intervening between the conflict on Mount  Olympus among gods and judges men's fate in his scale.

In the given passage we see his rage that is caused because of men. This storm caused Odysseus and his men great fear. this storm lasted for two long days and nights.

So, the options that best paraphrase the passage are first, second and third.

Answer 2

The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men.

For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea.

Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.