Greek Myths: Narcissus, Perseus, Persephone

What is the theme of a story?

• the lesson or the moral

• the key details

• the summary of events

• the main idea

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What is the theme of Echo & Narcissus?

• bullying is never the answer

• seasons come and seasons go

• you shouldn't be prideful

• telling the truth is always the right choice

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What is the theme of Perseus?

• be careful playing games

• everything others tells you comes true

• be brave in hard times

• if you are strong you can always win

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What is the theme of Persephone?

• don't eat the forbidden fruit

• seasons come and seasons go

• listen to your mom

• winter is the worst season

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The oracle at Delphi told Perseus that someday he would kill who?

• King Acrisius

• Danae

• Persephone

• Andromeda

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What were the 3 gifts that Perseus received from the nymphs of the North?

• sword, magic wallet, magic beans

• winged sandals, magic wallet, invisibility cap

• winged sandals, discus, invisibility cap

• sword, discus, Medusa's head

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Why did Persephone have to return to the underworld every year?

• her mom was mad at her

• Hades kept calling her

• Zeus was made because the flowers wouldn't grow

• she ate in the underworld

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Who is Persephone's mom?

• Hades

• Eleusis

• Demeter

• Poseidon

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What was Echo's punishment for not listening and talking so much?

• she had to repeat everything that everyone said

• she lost her voice

• she could only talk to Narcissus

• she stopped talking and became mute

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What does it mean to be a "narcissist"

• to look at yourself in the mirror

• to tell jokes and be funny

• to be introverted

• to think only about oneself

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