Read the excerpt from part 2 of the odyssey. we cried aloud, lifting our hands to zeus, powerless, looking on at this, appalled; but cyclops went on filling up his belly with manflesh and great gulps of whey, then lay down like a mast among his sheep. which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt? the cyclops is compared to zeus because of his size. the cyclops is compared to zeus because of his power. the cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his surrender. the cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his size.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. according to one joke, scientists are now using lawyers instead of rats in laboratory experiments. there are three reasons for this change. for one thing, there are more lawyers than rats. for another, the scientists become less emotionally attached to the lawyers. and finally, certain things are so disgusting that rats won’t do them. 1. a lawyer must have made up this joke. 2. some people feel there are too many lawyers. 3. lawyers have the reputation of being willing to do anything. 4. scientists have the reputation of