How does the authors cultural background affect his perception of the ideas presented in the poem?

Auto = self crat/cracy = rule dem = people which sentence used the underlined word correctly?

Which is the most effective paraphrase of the passage "six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. and this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends" - the odyssey

What is the direct object in the following sentence? jerry asked him a question. a. question b. jerry c. asked