The religion of the Egyptians included gods that resembled animals because: * a. Animals were traded with Kush and Mesopotamia.
b. Animals were possessions of the pharaoh and priests.
c. Animals had a connection to reincarnation.
d. Animal behaviors and abilities were represented in the gods.

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 cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus 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.