The Aeneid and Hades: Lord of the Dead Quiz

What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?

Grim Charon is the squalid ferryman,
the guardian of these streams, these rivers; his
white hairs lie thick, disheveled on his chin;
his eyes are fires that stare, a filthy mantle
hangs down his shoulder by a knot. . . .

• It illustrates the speaker's fears about the boats.

• It describes the boatman's fears about his duties.

• It shows that the boatman is fearsome and determined.

• It illuminates that the speaker is uncertain and troubled.

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What is the meaning of the phrase old age in a god is tough and green in line 12 of The Aeneid?

• When gods get old, they stop taking care of themselves.

• Old gods may seem powerful, but they are helpless.

• When gods get old, they create terror for everyone.

• Old gods may look weak, but they stay powerful.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

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What is the effect of the imagery in lines 13-27 of The Aeneid?

• It gives modern readers a deeper understanding of the speaker.

• It forces readers to consider what their five senses tell them.

• It uses old scare tactics to thrill modern readers.

• It creates a sense of horrific yearning in readers.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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CCSS.W.8.9A

What is the meaning of the phrase to swear falsely in line 37 of The Aeneid?

• To cry

• To lie

• To curse

• To scream

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What is the effect of the narrator's use of the word you throughout the excerpt from Hades: Lord of the Dead?

• It makes the reader feel like part of the story.

• It demonstrates how the reader knows the characters.

• It gives the reader insight into the narrator’s frame of mind.

• It shows what the narrator is thinking as he talks to the reader.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

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How is Cerberus characterized by both words and illustrations in Hades: Lord of the Dead?

• As loyal and territorial

• As welcoming but fierce

• As frightening and ferocious

• As worrisome but trustworthy

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

According to the description of the crowded shores of Erebus in Hades: Lord of the Dead, how do the anonymous dead view the living?

• As nothing at all

• As sad memories

• As water creatures

• As irresistible objects

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What is the author's most likely purpose in telling the story of Hades: Lord of the Dead as a graphic novel?

• To engage a new generation of readers in an ancient story

• To use the story to demonstrate the power of images over words

• To allow readers to play the role of the hero in a mythological story

• To present the story so that it can be more easily adapted into a film

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CCSS.RI.8.6

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The excerpt from the graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead draws on an archetype by -

• centering the story on a quest undertaken by a hero in search of a valuable item

• setting the story in a fiery underworld like those described in religious texts

• depicting Hades as a shadowy villain figure who is an embodiment of evil

• portraying Charon as a wise mentor figure who gives advice to the dead

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Identify is this event happens in The Aeneid or Hades: Lord of the Dead, or if it happens in both:

Ferryman Charon’s job is described.

• The Aeneid

• Hades: Lord of the Dead

• Both

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