Now +20 pts no lie! which lines from book 13 of homer's odyssey depict the theme of disguise? a. "this then, i doom: to fix the gallant ship, a mark of vengeance on the sable deep; to warn the thoughtless, self-confiding train, no more unlicensed thus to brave the main. ." b. "if that low race offend thy power divine (weak, daring creatures! ) is not vengeance thine? go, then, the guilty at thy will chastise." he said. c. but when the morning-star with early ray flamed in the front of heaven, and promised day; like distant clouds the mariner descries fair ithaca's emerging hills arise. d. "ye gods (he cried), upon what barren coast, in what new region, is ulysses toss'd? possess'd by wild barbarians, fierce in arms? or men whose bosom tender pity warms? " e. besides, minerva, to secure her care, diffused around a veil of thickened air; for so the gods ordain'd to keep unseen his royal person from his friends and queen;

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next