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The Epic Hero's Quest — Test

Question 17 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Elpenor . By night our ship ran onward toward the Ocean's bourne, the realm and region of the Men of Winter, hidden in mist and cloud. Never the flaming eye of Helios lights on those men at morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven; ruinous night being rove over those wretches. For Odysseus and his men, the loss of Helios, the sun, symbolizes a loss of

Answer
A
fear.
B
death.
C
hope.
D
power.

Explanation

Helios is the sun, and the passage describes a place where his light never reaches. Sunlight often represents hope and the possibility of a better future, while the “ruinous night” suggests despair. So the loss of Helios’s light symbolizes a loss of hope, not fear, death, or power.

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