Question

read the excerpt from the odyssey.
then,
his chores being all dispatched, he caught
another brace of men to make his breakfast,
and whisked away his great door slab
to let his sheep go through—but he, behind,
reset the stone as one would cap a quiver.
what two things are being compared in this epic simile?
○ the door slab to the cyclops sheep
○ the stone to a quiver
○ a brace of men to breakfast
○ the cyclops chores to the men

Explanation:

The excerpt uses a simile ("as one would cap a quiver") to compare the action of resetting the stone door slab to capping a quiver, directly drawing a comparison between the stone and a quiver.

Answer:

the stone to a quiver