Perseus & Medusa

Perseus & Medusa

9th Grade

7 Qs

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Perseus & Medusa

Perseus & Medusa

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.7, RL.8.5, RL.8.7

+9

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Victoria Shannon

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

PART A: Which theme is shared by both passages?

Accomplishments can further your ego.

Love can never be had when you are cursed by the Gods.

All is fair in love and war.

It takes courage to fight when the odds are against you.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

PART B: How does Mine dramatize this theme in the poem Tableau Vivant?

Emphasizes that doing great works will give you bragging rights in ancient Greece.

Personifying Perseus and describing his effort to kill Medusa.

Highlights Medusa’s desire to experience love.

Adds information about what Medusa might be dreaming about.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How does Mine transform the source material? Choose all that apply.

By depicting the myth as an ornamental piece of art.

Alters how Perseus sees Medusa’s reflection.

Leaving out the journey Perseus took to find Medusa.

By putting the text in poetic form.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Mine draw on and depart from Ovid’s work?

By emphasizing the main event of the myth and representing it on an ancient plate.

By using the same characters but changing how Medusa dies.

By depicting Perseus as a mosquito and Medusa as a dryad.

By showing Perseus’ bravery and the banquet.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What subject is being represented in both the text and the picture?

Perseus killing Medusa.

The reason why Perseus killed Medusa.

The decapitation of Medusa.

The animals coming back to life from being stone.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is emphasized in the picture that is absent in the text?

The animals.

The snakes dying.

Medusa’s death.

Medusa’s soul or final breath.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is emphasized in the text that is absent in the picture? Select all that apply.

The birth of Pegasus and Chrysador.

Medusa turning her victims into stone.

Medusa dying.

Perseus stealing the eye from the two sisters.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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