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Which Greek values are found in The Odyssey? Choose four answers.

A
technology
B
loyalty
C
hospitality
D
self-control
E
celebrity
F
family
G
efficiency
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Jackson is making predictions about The Odyssey as he reads this excerpt.“Now one thing more. If son of mine you are and blood of mine,let no one hear Odysseus is about.Neither Laertes, nor the swineherd here,nor any slave, nor even Penelope.But you and I alone must learn how far the women are corrupted; we should knowhow to locate good men among our hands,the loyal and respectful, and the shirkerswho take you lightly, as alone and young.”

A
take you lightly
B
locate good men
C
let no one hear
D
learn how far
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A value is important to a society because it is

A
the measure used to determine how good a person is.
B
an amount of goods or services considered reasonable.
C
a human characteristic that is considered desirable.
D
the financial cost of an item, which is very important.
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Which is a step in making and checking predictions while reading?

A
listing characters and their personality traits
B
connecting clues to background knowledge
C
interpreting symbols within figurative language
D
identifying setting and plot in the literature
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.The noble and enduring man replied:“No god. Why take me for a god? No, no.I am that father whom your boyhood lackedand suffered pain for lack of. I am he.”Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeksas he embraced his son.

A
Telemachus will imitate Odysseus.
B
Telemachus will reject Odysseus.
C
Telemachus and Odysseus will fight to the death.
D
Telemachus and Odysseus will work together.
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Which excerpt from The Odyssey best demonstrates the importance of perseverance in Greek society?

A
Long ships with good stout planks athwart—would fighters rig themto ride the barren sea, except for hunger?
B
“I learnedto keep my head in hardship—years of warand years at sea. Let this new trial come.”
C
The young men, afterward,hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master's absence.
D
No man of woman born could work these wondersby his own craft, unless a god came into it with ease to turn him young or old at will.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Then, throwinghis arms around this marvel of a fatherTelemachus began to weep. Salt tearsrose from the wells of longing in both men,and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestings farmers take before they fly

A
hospitality
B
generosity
C
perseverance
D
family ties
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A
scientific hypothesis
B
educated guess
C
simple explanation
D
estimated amount
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Treated as rubbish now, he lay at lastupon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there untilfieldhands could spread it on the king's estate. Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies,old Argus lay.

A
a mule
B
the king
C
Odysseus
D
Argus
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.But when he knew he heardOdysseus' voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master.And the man looked away,wiping a salt tear from his cheek:

A
loyalty
B
sadness
C
illness
D
ignorance

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