Answer:
the new cloak
Explanation:
The new cloak represents the change that Odysseus went through in front of everyone. That's because the cloak was used when Odysseus disguised himself as a beggar, it gave him a weak, irrelevant, fragile and dying image, but the new cloak gave him the grandeur he had as a hero, letting him look like a god and he was a man totally different from what he looked like or what they thought of him.
Because they need more time so they taxed people to help those in need
Explanation:
A. It was a time of cultural changes