Question

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Penelope. Ruses serve my turn to draw the time out—first a close-grained web I had the happy thought to set up weaving on my big loom in the hall. I said, that day: 'Young men—my suitors, now my lord is dead let me finish my weaving before I marry, or else my thread will have been spun in vain. It is a shroud I weave for Lord Laertes when cold Death comes to lay him on his bier. The country wives would hold me in dishonor if he, with all his fortune, lay unshrouded.' I reached their hearts that way, and they agreed. So every day I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I
unwove it; and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians. Which line from the passage best shows that Penelope is clever?

I had the happy thought to set up weaving

The country wives would hold me in dishonor

So every day I wove on the great loom

and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians

Answer 1

I would have to with C. because in the story the Odyssey, Penelope would wove on the great loom, but the suitors don't know that she unwoves it at night, so that way she doesn't have to marry one of the suitors.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer:

"and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians."

Explanation:

This is the phrase that best shows how clever Penelope is. In this passage, we learn of Penelope's scheme to trick the Akhaians. She asks them to wait until she finishes weaving a shroud. However, while she weaves during the day, she unweaves during the night. In this way, she never progresses and she is able to trick the Akhaians for longer.