Compare these two poems, the divine comedy and first confession

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

What is the meaning of the word "internalize" as it is used in the following sentence? (4 points) try to internalize the vocabulary words you have read. forget describe learn rewrite

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.