Epic of Gilgamesh and Theseus and the Minotaur

Select the character traits that describe Gilgamesh a the beginning of the story before he became friends with Enkidu.

• patient and kind

• cruel and forceful

• humble and shy

• bored and tired

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Select the character traits that describe Enkidu.

• cautious and loyal

• careless and cruel

• anxious and mean

• joyful and shy

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these settings do not appear in the story?

• forest

• city

• island

• village

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How is Theseus and the Minotaur structured?

• Sequentially, the events are in order of when they happen.

• Cause and Effect

• The end of the story is told first.

• Comparisons and contracts

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Ariadne helps Theseus because

• she wants him to be king.

• she wants to be the ruler of Athens and Crete.

• she wants to marry him.

• she loves him.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The gods' anger causes all of the following events except

• Ariadne arrives in Athens safely.

• Thesis forgets to change his black sails.

• King Aegeus thinks that Theseus has died.

• King Aegeus jumps off a cliff into the ocean.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9