Icarus and Daedalus

Daedalus was an inventor.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

It would be easy to find your way out of a labyrinth.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Icarus decided to make some wings.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Icarus flew to close to the sun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Daedalus and Icarus is a ...

• folktale
• biography
• myth
• realistic fiction

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does King Minos ask Daedalus to build?

• a time machine

• the LEGO Death Star

• fortress with a moat

• a labyrinth

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did King Minos keep at the center of the labyrinth?

• a key

• a dinosaur

• Minotaur

• treasure

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is used to attach the wings to the men?

• ancient superglue

• candle wax

• rope

• water

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What happens to Icarus in the resolution of the myth?

• he disappears

• he explodes

• he falls to his death

• he is eaten by the minotaur

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and Icarus? 

• to be more like the gods
• To escape their imprisonment
• to impress King Minos
• to teach his son to fly

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9