Question #6430776Single Choice

AP English Literatur

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At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,

at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.

They had traveled for just three days and nights,

a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.

When the sun was setting, they dug a well,

they filled their waterskins with fresh water,

Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop

-Gilgamesh: A New English Translation,

Stephen Mitchell!

Which detail most clearly reflects the feature of a strong hero?

"At four hundred miles they stopped to eat"

"When the sun was setting, they dug a well"

"they filled their waterskins with fresh water"

"Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop"

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