The Power of Music

The Power of Music

Vocabulary

Read each item. Choose the correct answer.

basis

• an important thing on which a thing rests or depends

• Example: The story has been the basis for films, ballets, popular music, and even comic books.

Multiple Choice

Which of these words means an important part of something?

• waive

• basis

• tempt

• submit

lively

• full of life or energy, cheerful

• Example: The ancient Greeks danced to lively music.

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for lively in this sentence?

The carnival was lively and crowded with people.

• demanding

• familiar

• cheerful

• grounded

lyre

• a stringed musical instrument, used by the ancient Greeks to accompany singing

• Example: "Born with the gift of music, [Orpheus] played the lyre and sang more beautifully than any creature."

Multiple Choice

What does the word lyre most likely mean in this sentence?

The picture showed a person from long ago holding a lyre.

• a big pot made of baked clay

• a tool of wood and metal used to cut wheat

• a long robe going over the shoulder

• a musical instrument with strings

entreated

• asked earnestly or begged

• "Upon hearing of the power of Orpheus' music, Jason entreated to join his crew, the Argonauts."

Multiple Choice

What does the word entreated mean in this sentence?

The students entreated the teacher for a class pet

• begged

• carted

• sang

• told

palaces

• official residences of a ruler or high-ranking person

• Operas were once only held in palaces but are now held in huge concert halls.

Multiple Choice

What are palaces?

• crowns for kings and queens

• places where important people live

• wagons pulled by teams of horses

• buildings where food is stored

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about Greek musical instruments is correct? (p. 324)

• None of their instruments was like the ones we use.

• Musical instruments had not been invented in ancient Greece.

• No one knows what kinds of instruments they played.

• They played many of the same instruments as we do.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer?

• Cities across the land had many concert halls.

• The Greeks played many of the same instruments we play today.

• Musical contests were common, with prizes awarded to the winners.

• People gathered there regularly to enjoy music.

Multiple Choice

Who were the Argonauts? (p. 319)

• the crew of the Argo

• the soldiers of Pelias

• the army of Colchis

• the Clashing Rocks

Multiple Choice

How did the Muses affect humans? (p. 322)

• They gave the Greeks wisdom and power.

• They showed humans how to make instruments.

• They inspired humans to be creative.

• They told Orpheus who his mother was.

Multiple Choice

You know the story of Orpheus is a myth because

• it is about the Greeks, who are not real.

• impossible things happen in the story.

• the men were able to row a boat in the sea.

• the king ordered Jason to do something.

Multiple Choice

The purpose of this selection is to

• entertain and persuade.

• inform and entertain.

• persuade and express an opinion.

• express an opinion and inform.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word order to complete the sentence. (321)

Unfortunately, more ___ stood between the ___ and the safety of ___. The most ___ of these obstacles was the Sirens.

• treacherous, home, obstacles, crew

• home, obstacles, crew, treacherous

• obstacles, crew, home, treacherous

• crew, obstacles, home, treacherous

Orpheus' music made him a great subject for operas.

Open Ended

How has the myth of Orpheus influence opera? (p. 326)

Jason was a Greek hero.

Open Ended

Who was Jason in the selection? (p. 319)

Orpheus saved the crew from the Sirens.

Open Ended

How did Orpheus save the crew from the Sirens? (p. 321)

The ancient Greeks enjoyed music.

Open Ended

How did the ancient Greeks enjoy music? (pp. 322-323)

Opera is a play set to music.

Many Greek myths were set to music.

Open Ended

What is opera, and how did the Greeks help to invent it? (pp. 325-326)

Write your answer in complete sentences. You can use the sentence frames to help.

Opera is ______________. The Greeks helped invent it by _____________________.