Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . 'Cyclops, try some wine. Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carried under our planks. I meant it for an offering if you would help us home. But you are mad, unbearable, a bloody monster! After this, will any other traveler come to see you?' What best describes why Odysseus gave his wine to the Cyclops?
Answer
A
He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free.
B
He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.
C
He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him.
D
He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance.