Avarice & Pied Piper

Which of the following does not describe Hamelin’s rat problem?

• The rats are everywhere overwhelming the town

• The rats are loud and unafraid of larger animals

• The rats are able to take the people's food

• The rats infest the nearby river

Which of the following best describe the theme of the text?

• Nature (in this case: rats) will always win when pitted against mankind.

• Greed and corruption can have terrible consequences.

• Magic never works out well because it is never worth the price.

• Family is the most important thing in life.

Which of the following quotes best supports the theme?

• “But, when begins my ditty, / Almost five hundred years ago, / To see townsfolk suffer so / From vermin, was a pity.”

• “Into the street the Piper stept, / Smiling first a little smile, / As if he knew what magic slept / In his quiet pipe the while”

• "There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says, that heaven's Gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!”

• “And on the great church-window painted / The same, to make the world acquainted / How their children were stolen away, / And there it stands to this very day.”

How does the Pied Piper complete his end of the deal?

• He kills the children

• He gets rid of the rats

• He works for free

• He plays music at the festival

The townspeople.....

• threaten to get rid of the greedy mayor and cooperation if they do not fix the rat problem

• offer to buy the mayor and the cooperation new exspensive clothes to get rid of the rats

• plead with the mayor to give them back their money so they can leave

• threaten an insurrection

The Pied Piper ....

• leads the children to the river and drowns them

• lead the children to a cave and locks them up

• returns the children after he is paid

• walks the children over a cliff

What excuse did the major give for not paying the piper?

• He told him they were joking about the amount

• He told him the town was broke

• He told him he did not hold up his end of the bargin

• He told him that he did not get rid of the rats and to leave the town forever

Which of the following is an example of opportunism? Click all that apply

• Making a move on a dead person's wife at the funeral

• Going to work everyay

• Helping an old lady with her groceries

• Tricking someone out of their money

According to historians the rats symbolize

• greed

• a plague

• freedom

• infestation

Avarice is another word for

• An Extreme Hoarder

• Extreme Selfishness

• Extreme Greed

• Extreme Ambition