Weaving a haunting song over the sea we are to shun, she said, and their green shore all sweet with clover; yet she urged that i alone should listen to their song. therefore you are to tie me up, tight as a splint, 25 erect along the mast, lashed to the mast, and if i shout and beg to be untied, take more turns of the rope to muffle me.’ i rather dwelt on this part of the forecast, while our good ship made time, bound outward down 30 the wind for the strange island of sirens. –the odyssey, homer which lines best illustrate the conclusion that odysseus is an epic hero because he fights alone? lines 20-22 lines 23-24 lines 27-28 lines 29-31

Read this excerpt from loom and spindle. one of the first strikes of cotton-factory operatives that ever took place in this country was that in lowell, in october, 1836. when it was announced that the wages were to be cut down, great indignation was felt, and it was decided to strike, en masse. this was done. the mills were shut down, and the girls went in procession from their several corporations to the "grove" on chapel hill, and listened to "incendiary" speeches from early labor reformers. what can be inferred about the time period of the excerpt? check all that apply. a. factory workers felt frustrated by the lowering of their wages. b. workers were willing to show their displeasure through strikes. c. early efforts at strikes became chaotic and violent. d. the lowell girls were forbidden to voice objections. e. the lowell strike was followed by other labor strikes.