Question

read the passage from the odyssey - penelope. ruses serve my turn to draw the time out - first a close - grained web i had the happy thought to set up weaving on my big loom in the hall. i said, that day, young men - my suitors, now my lord is dead let me finish my weaving before i marry, or else my thread will have been spun in vain. it is a shroud i weave for lord laertes when cold death comes to lay him on his bier. the country wives would hold me in dishonor if he, with all his fortune, lay unshrouded. i reached their hearts that way, and they agreed. so every day i wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight i unwove it, and so for three years i deceived the akhaians. which line from the passage best shows that penelope is clever? o i had the happy thought to set up weaving o the country wives would hold me in dishonor o so every day i wove on the great loom and so for three years i deceived the akhaians

Explanation:

The line "and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians" shows Penelope's cleverness as she managed to delay her remarriage for three years through her weaving ruse.

Answer:

I had the happy thought to set up weaving - Incorrect. Just shows the start of the plan, not the full - scope of cleverness.
The country wives would hold me in dishonor - Incorrect. This is a reason given for the ruse, not a display of cleverness.
So every day I wove on the great loom - Incorrect. Just describes the daily action, not the overall clever deception.
and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians - Correct. It sums up her successful long - term deception.
So the answer is: and so for three years I deceived the Akhaians.