Then he dismembered them and made his meal,

gaping and crunching like a mountain lion –

everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.

We cried aloud, lifting our hands to Zeus . . .

but Cyclops went on filling up his belly

with manflesh and great gulps of whey

-The Odyssey,
Homer

What inference can be made about the Cyclops based on the passage?

The Cyclops eats men because he is hungry and does not have any other source of food.
The Cyclops is more like a violent animal than a civilized man.
The Cyclops is very frightened and concerned with protecting himself from the men.
The Cyclops is deeply religious and is making a sacrifice to Zeus.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

the correct answer would be d.