Year 7 - Origins of Lit Quiz 1

What is fate?

• The ability to make your own choices.

• The events outside a person’s control.

What is a myth or legend?

• A traditional story that has been told for many years. The people who told these stories believed they were true.

• An article in a newspaper.

What does ‘greed’ mean?

• Extreme hunger.

• A selfish desire for something.

What is the word for having a strong desire to have or achieve something?

• ambiguous

• ambivalent

• ambitious

• ambidextrous

What is a protagonist?

• The lead character in a literary work

• A villain in a story

What is a moral?

• A person who knows right from wrong.

• A lesson that can be learned from a story or experience

Which adjective would not be suitable for describing Fausto?

• ambitious

• selfish

• selfless

• determined

What does Faustian mean?

• Faustian means to be greedy or overly ambitious.

• Faustian means to be unkind and thoughtless.

Which is the correct spelling?

• ambition

• ambision

Which is the correct spelling?

• Faustean

• Faustian