1. which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from the odyssey, part iii?
then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, / so the taught gut vibrating hummed and sand a swallow's note. (1 point)
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification

2. which of the following is the antecedent for the pronoun them in the sentence below?
penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors and gave them the bow.
a. penelope
b. her maids
c. the suitors

1. C. Personification and 2. C. The suitors.

Explanation: Personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non-human objects, in the given lines of "The Odyssey" we can see an example of personification when the speaker says "the taught gut vibrating hummed and sand a swallow's note" this says that the cord (non-human object) is humming and singing (human characteristics).

The answer to the second question is "The suitors." "Penelope and her maids" is the subject of the sentence (they are performing the action of the verb) and "the suitors" is the object of the sentence, Penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors, and gave "the suitors" the bow, so we can see that "them" is used to replace "the suitors" and prevent repetition.