1. PART A: Which statement best describes the main theme of the story? A People spend too much time apart. B A person’s imagination can take them far. C Responsibilities are a necessary part of life. D Home becomes more important after time away.

c is the answer because first she would blush to make the reader wonder why which they find out in the next line.

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.