Question

How does Ulysses describe old age?

• A. A time of peace and retirement
• B. A period of weakness and defeat
• C. phase still full of potential and action
• D. A time to teach the young

Answer 1

Answer:

C. phase still full of potential and action

Ulysses believes that old age still holds the potential for noble action. In the lines “Old age hath yet his honour and his toil,” he argues that elderly people can still accomplish meaningful and heroic deeds.