Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey We cried aloud, lifting our hands to

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Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus, powerless, looking on at this, appalled; but Cyclops went on filling up his belly with manflesh and great gulps of whey, then lay down like a mast among his sheep. Which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt? O The Cyclops is compared to Zeus because of his size. O The Cyclops is compared to Zeus because of his power O The Cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his surrender The Cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his size

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Which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt?

(d) The Cyclops is compared to a mast, or flagpole, because of his size.

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