In no less than seventy-five words, explain some differences between the kind of memorization that is required in a game like “Telephone” and that which is required by a bard reciting The Odyssey. Comment on the effects of those differences for an oral society versus a literary one.

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?