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The Epic Hero's Quest — Test

Question 9 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias . One narrow strait may take you through his blows: denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates. When you make landfall on Thrinakia first and quit the violet sea, dark on the land you'll find the grazing herds of Helios by whom all things are seen, all speech is known. Avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent, and hard seafaring brings you all to Ithaka. But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew. Which excerpt from the passage best identifies the conflict that Teiresias predicts as partially a character versus character conflict?

Answer
A
restraint of shipmates
B
quit the violet sea
C
destruction for ship and crew
D
denial of yourself

Explanation

A character-versus-character conflict occurs when characters struggle against one another. “Restraint of shipmates” points to Odysseus having to hold his crew back from taking the cattle, creating conflict between him and his shipmates. “Denial of yourself” describes an internal struggle instead.

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