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What does the following passage mainly reveal about Odysseus (paragraph 3)?
Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact. His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city — and without investigating it.
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He did not care about details so much as he relied purely on instinct.
He was a ruthless warrior who sought to destroy everything in his path.
He was brave enough to stay behind by himself and be the one to wait outside the gates of Troy.
He was clever and comprehensive in coming up with a plan of attack.
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What is most likely the author’s reason for mentioning that Sinon was “a most plausible speaker” in Paragraph 5?
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Odysseus chose Sinon because he wanted someone whom he could communicate the precise directions of his plan to.
Sinon was going to have to give a speech to the Greeks about everything he saw once he was allowed into Troy.
The Greeks wanted the person they left behind to be smart, not physically intimidating.
Sinon needed to be able to convince the Trojans of an elaborate story once they found him.
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What does the following passage mainly reveal about Odysseus (paragraph 3)?
Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact. His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city — and without investigating it.
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What is most likely the author’s reason for mentioning that Sinon was “a most plausible speaker” in Paragraph 5?
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Which of the following words best describes Troy before the Greek invasion of the city?
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Which of the following inferences about the Greek strategy is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 6)?
The wooden horse had been made, he said, as a votive offering to Athena, and the reason for its immense size was to discourage the Trojans from taking it into the city. What the Greeks hoped for was that the Trojans would destroy it and so draw down upon them Athena’s anger.
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Which of the following most closely identifies a theme or central idea of the excerpt?
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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?
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Which of these inferences about the the Trojan response to the attack is best supported by the text?
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Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?
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Which of these events happened first in the story?
