Item 3 Which statement about the reaction of southern whites to rebellions by enslaved people is false? Enslavers tightened restrictive regulations and passed slave codes. Enslavers barred whites from teaching enslaved people how to read. Enslavers prohibited groups of African Americans from assembling. Enslavers freed enslaved people because they feared more violence.

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.