Arachne the Weaver

Arachne was a ___ who was extremely good at ____.

• goddess; singing

• mortal; warfare

• mortal; weaving

• goddess; offering advice

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One day while Arachne was weaving, someone said that she must have gotten her great skill from ___.

• Zeus

• Hera

• Artemis

• Athena

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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How does Arachne respond when the person in the crowd compared her work to Athena's?

• With gratitude at the compliment

• With pride, saying her work was 100% her own

• With humility, saying she could only hope to be as good as Athena

• With joy, saying she'd always strived to be as good as Athena

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

At hearing Arachne's prideful response, what happens to the old woman in the crowd?

• She transformed into Athena herself

• She transformed into Zeus, King of the Gods

• She transformed into a spider to scare Arachne

• She began to melt

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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CCSS.RL.6.10

Arachne claims that her talent is as good as a god's talent, so Athena...

• Turns her into a spider for her slander against the gods

• Challenges her to a contest

• Calls upon Zeus to punish Arachne

• Curses her to only copy someone else's skill

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who will judge this contest?

• Athena

• Hercules

• Zeus

• Phaethon

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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What will happen to the loser of this contest?

• Their hands will be cut off, preventing them from crafting.

• They will never see the light of day again.

• They will be the servant of the winner.

• They will never weave again.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Athena really just wanted to teach Arachne a lesson so she wove a tapestry showing... (READ ALL CHOICES)

• scenes of Athena's triumphs

• scenes of gods' victories over mortals who challenged them

• scenes of Arachne's loss costing her the very thing she loves the most

• Both A (blue) and B (green)

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CCSS.RI.5.7

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What did Arachne weave on her tapestry? (READ ALL)

• Scenes of how the gods had mistreated humans over the years

• Scenes of how the gods punished humans without reason

• Scenes that mocked, or made fun of, the gods

• ALL of the above

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When Zeus first looks at Arachne's tapestry, he's speechless! But when he looks closer...

• His mood quickly changes.

• He faints from shock.

• He immediately uses a lightning bolt to destroy it.

• He calls upon his brothers to help him make a decision.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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