What are some clues in the text that tell you that Ulysses's feelings don't only come from fond recollection of his own heroic deeds?

1) He wept so long and sorrowfully, not just an occasional tear or two that he quietly wiped away.

2) His sorrow was as strong as that of a woman who's lost her hero husband.

Ulysses's pride and joy are so strong that Demodocus's song before the crowd overwhelms him with pleasure and gratefulness.

3) The recounting of his devising the great Trojan horse and his part as one of the soldiers secreted inside its middle brings all his brave deeds back into his mind, and he's overcome with the recollection.

4) The audience listening to Demodocus is attending with such rapt attention that Ulysses, suddenly understanding how important his part in the sack of Troy really was, breaks into humble tears.

This is from the Odyssey, books 8 and 9. Multiple choice question.

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Serenity

31 December, 21:29

What are some clues in the text that tell you that Ulysses's feelings don't only come from fond recollection of his own heroic deeds?

1) He wept so long and sorrowfully, not just an occasional tear or two that he quietly wiped away.

2) His sorrow was as strong as that of a woman who's lost her hero husband.

Ulysses's pride and joy are so strong that Demodocus's song before the crowd overwhelms him with pleasure and gratefulness.

3) The recounting of his devising the great Trojan horse and his part as one of the soldiers secreted inside its middle brings all his brave deeds back into his mind, and he's overcome with the recollection.

4) The audience listening to Demodocus is attending with such rapt attention that Ulysses, suddenly understanding how important his part in the sack of Troy really was, breaks into humble tears.

This is from the Odyssey, books 8 and 9. Multiple choice question.

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Amara Weber · Answer 1

I am positive the answer is 4) The audience listening to Demodocus is attending with such rapt attention that Ulysses, suddenly understanding how important his part in the sack of Troy really was, breaks into humble tears.

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