<span>D. Crime and selfishness do not pay off in the long run.
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<span>Odysseus is not easily fooled.
Odysseus knows that the Cyclops wants to get hold of his ship, but is not going to be tricked into telling the Cyclops where it is.
It is clear that this quote shows Odysseus being clever because of the excerpt "</span><span>He thought he’d find out, but I saw through this, and answered with ready lie:"
Odysseus knows what the Cyclops is after and sees through his trick to come up with a crafty lie. </span>
It's B dude. A. isn't right and b just seems the most reasonable.
The answer is D, hope this helps :)
<span>Lightning rods are a necessity for radio towers and skyscrapers.
This is the topic sentence, because it's clear from this that the paragraph will discuss lightning rods and why they are necessary for radio towers and skyscrapers to have. It is broad enough to open the paragraph but also specific enough to give preview and some detail. </span>