Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks’ journey for ordinary men.
Answer
A
The men are able to walk four hundred miles before stopping to eat and one thousand miles before stopping to rest.
B
Ordinary men would need less time if they were to embark on a journey of similar length and difficulty.
C
The men are able to travel in three days and nights a distance that would take ordinary men six weeks.
D
Ordinary men would never be able to walk one thousand miles before stopping to eat or to pitch a camp.
Explanation
The excerpt says the men traveled the journey in three days and nights, while it would take ordinary men six weeks. This contrast shows that the men travel far faster than ordinary people. Choice C states that idea; choice B reverses the comparison, since ordinary men would need more time, not less.
AI-written and checked against the verified answer.