Which best describes a result of the supreme court's decision in the dred scott case?
a) a slave had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.
b) a slave was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.
c) a slave was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.
d) a slave who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.