My ship? poseidon lord, who sets the earth a-tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land's end. a wind from seaward served him, drove us there. we are survivors, these good men and i.' what motivates odysseus to tell a lie to the cyclops?
a) odysseus knows that poseidon is the cyclops’ father.
b) odysseus is afraid the cyclops will steal their ship.
c) odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.
d) odysseus does not know what has happened to his ship.

The correct answer is C) Odysseus does not want to reveal their only means of escape.

Explanation:

When Odysseus and his friends returned from the Trojan War, they faced the Cyclops. He told to the Cyclops that he was called "Nobody" and that lie makes them think that nobody had hurt Polyphemus the Cyclops.

do you have a picture of the cartoon?

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.