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The answer is, A. Generally, an argument is more successful overall when we sympathize with an opposing idea or viewpoint, this shows we don't hold prejudiced, and therefore will make others try to comprehend our opinions, and possibly agree with what we're saying, or at least take it into account.
Odysseus was warned not to do B. Eat the Sun God's (Helios') cattle. This is because his men would end up dying and he would "Return home a broken man having lost his shipmates".
<u>Answer</u>:
The connotation of the word perilous affects the tone of the paragraph as A: It gives it a more adventurous tone.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Perilous means something that is risky or dangerous. If dangerous is replaced with perilous in the given sentence, it would add more adventurous tone to the sentence.
The sentence would mean that before the next level of training began, author had sent a risky or a very dangerous task to know their mettle or ability. It will not give the sentence down to earth or focused or scholarly tone as per other options. The sentence would go according to the meaning of the word ‘perilous’.
