Which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt?

Which statement best explains the simile in this excerpt?

His shores 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.

A. The Cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his bravery.

B. The Cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his strength.

C. The Cyclops’ effort to catch the men is compared to a simple task, showing his strength.

D. The Cyclops’ effort to catch the men is compared to a simple task, showing his bravery.

Ans. B. The Cyclops’ effort to move the stone is compared to a simple task, showing his strength.

The simile "as one would cap a quiver" compares shutting the huge stone door by the Cyclops to the simple process of capning a quiver of arrows. This helps us realize how strong the Cyclops is. To shove such a huge stone would be a colossal job, if not an impossible one, for an ordinary man. But for the Cyclops, it is as simple and natural as for a man to cap his arrows. The simile is not made to show courage, but to highlight the terrifying strength of the monster, so that his fight with Odysseus's men becomes all the more dangerous.