The third one that describes exactly what he did
<span>The most effective and best way to check public opinion is conducting polls on various topics. They are especially popular around election years but as history has shown, they can be manipulated to serve the goals of those who are conducting it and make the people believe things that are not real since you can't really check who the people are who participated.</span>
The humans wanted to discredit the animals success.
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The best answer among the following choices to fill in the blank would be the fourth option D).
Alcinous is denying Odysseus's request for sleep.