Metamorphoses

1.       Who is Jupiter?

• King of Arcadia

• The father of the Gods

• The father of Lycaon

• The 6th planet from the Sun

What is a universal theme in the Metamorphoses based on what happens to Lycaon in the end?

• Jupiter gets mad at Lycaon

• Love overcomes hate

• Our actions define us

• Lycaon feeds Jupiter a corrupted feast

Which trait of epic poetry does the following paragraph highlight?

Thus fell one house; but one house alone did not deserve to perish; wherever the earth extends, the savage Erinnys reigns. You would suppose that men had conspired to be wicked; let all men speedily feel that vengeance which they deserve to endure, for such is my determination.  

• The theme of immortality

• The characters being gods, heroes and enemies

• The theme of respect and punishment

• The elevated language

Which of the following lines from the text is a metaphor?

• “All methods have been already tried; but a wound that admits of no cure, must be cut away with the knife, that the sound parts may not be corrupted.”

•      “Twere an endless task to enumerate how great an amount of guilt was everywhere discovered; the report itself was below the truth.”

• “I gave a signal that a God had come, and the people commenced to pay their adorations.”

• “His garments are changed into hair, his arms into legs; he becomes a wolf, and he still retains vestiges of his ancient form. His hoariness is still the same, the same violence appears in his features; his eyes are bright as before; he is still the same image of ferocity.

Which definition of plot most closely matches its meaning in the following passage?

“And do you, ye Gods of Heaven, believe that they will be in proper safety, when Lycaon remarkable for his cruelty, has formed a plot against even me, who own and hold sway over the thunder and yourselves?”

• The events of a story

• A secret plan (noun)

• A small area of land

• To make a secret plan (verb)

What does Lycaon feed Jupiter?

• A person

• A dog

• A pig

• Lasagna

How are the picture and poem the same on page 75 of the text?

• The setting is the same

• The characters are the same

• The theme is the same

• All of the choices are correct!

What can you infer about Jupiter from the following passage?

All methods have been already tried; but a wound that admits of no cure, must be cut away with the knife, that the sound parts may not be corrupted.

• Jupiter is abusing his supernatural powers

• Jupiter is a cruel and violent god

• all hope is lost for humanity

• Jupiter will stop at nothing to rid the world of savagery

Which of the following most closely states a theme of the text?

• power makes men greedy

• humanity is evil

• our actions define us

• lack of faith is the ultimate sin

The artwork above depicts a scene from the excerpt. From the list below, select two key elements of epic poetry that are found in the image:

• The artist depicts the god Jupiter

• The artist depicts multiple settings of the culture in which the story takes place

• The artist depicts Lycaon as a wolf who narrates the story for the author

• Lycaon's transformation into a wolf serves as a warning for anyone defying the gods