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CLAS 2220 AU2025 (16301) Module Exam 3: DUE Friday 12/12
Single choice
Penelope employs a clever trick to deceive the suitors who are trying to marry her. What is it?
Options
A.She announces that she will remarry after she will wove a shroud for her father-in-law.
B.She challenges the suitors to a sailing race, promising her hand in marriage to the one who can sail the farthest in a single day.
C.She pretends to be ill and bedridden, making it seem as though she will choose a suitor once she recovers.
D.She convinces the suitors to participate in a poetry contest, declaring that the one who composes the most beautiful poem will win her heart.
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Approach Analysis
The question centers on a well-known stratagem employed by Penelope to delay remarriage while she awaits Odysseus' return.
Option 1: "She announces that she will remarry after she will wove a shroud for her father-in-law." This is the traditional ruse she used: she claimed she would marry once the shroud was completed, but she secre......Login to view full explanationLog in for full answers
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