The correct answer would be the first option. A collective subject is a noun (functioning as the subject) that describes a group made of many parts. For example, the words "team" which means a group of people playing. Another one is "pack" used in a pack of wolves, which means a group of wolves.
I felt nervous because it was my first time online and its a new experience
The correctly formatted in-text citation would be: Odysseus's men "bent steady to the oars" (Homer 79).
