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Question 9 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY

Which excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey best supports the conclusion that Odysseus’s fate is doomed?

Answer
A
The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him, and we fell back in fear.
B
But I kept thinking how to win the game: death sat there huge; how could we slip away?
C
Ahead of our black prow it struck and sank whelmed in a spurning geyser,
D
But Zeus disdained my offering; destruction for my ships he had in store

Explanation

Odysseus says that Zeus rejected his offering and already had destruction planned for his ships. This most directly suggests that a higher power has determined his disastrous fate. Choice B describes immediate danger, but it does not convey the same sense of unavoidable doom.

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