Question 10 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . My heart beat high now at the chance of action, and drawing the sharp sword from my hip I went along his flank to stab him where the midriff holds the liver. I had touched the spot when sudden fear stayed me: if I killed him we perished there as well, for we could never move his ponderous doorway slab aside. So we were left to groan and wait for morning. What prevents Odysseus from killing the sleeping Cyclops?
Answer
A
He knows that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
B
He thinks he can reason with the Cyclops in the morning.
C
He feels sorry for the Cyclops who lives all by himself.
D
He wants to make the Cyclops his ally and friend.
Explanation
Odysseus considers stabbing the sleeping Cyclops, but realizes that killing him would leave him and his men trapped inside the cave. They would be unable to move the enormous slab blocking the doorway, so he stops. The correct choice is that they cannot move the boulder blocking the doorway.
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