The correct answer is C. The cultural beliefs of the characters. Cultural beliefs are always related to a certain period in time and keep changing. This is why we can find out what the historical context is by analyzing what the society values. The other answers are mostly universal.
The answer you want is excitement
I`m assuming the underlined word is dearth, so
the answer is a. shortage
The simple predicate is the one, main verb that is the action being performed. So here it would be the word “featured”.
What motivates cyclops is that Odysseus and his men tricked cyclops and blinded him, this motivated him to pray to his father poseidon and ask him to put a curse on Odysseus and his men. Hoped this helped:)