Three Golden Apples Day 1-3

DAY 1:

1. “‘And, besides, I have no fancy for burdening myself with the sky, just now.’” (paragraph 4)

What is the meaning of the word fancy as it is used in this paragraph?

• 1. a) Ability

• 1. b) desire

• 1. c) experience

• 1. d) fear

Answer explanation

DAY 1: 2.  “‘We will see about that, one of these days,’ answered the giant. ‘At all events, you ought not to complain, if you have to bear it the next hundred years, or perhaps the next thousand. I bore it a good while longer, in spite of the back-ache.” (paragraph 6)

What does this excerpt reveal about Atlas?

•        a) He is encouraged by Hercules’s struggle.

• 1. b) He dismisses Hercules’s attempts at trickery.

• c) He resents the fact that he has held the sky for so long.

• 1. d) He thinks that Hercules is more deserving of punishment.

Answer explanation

Week 1 Day 2

1. Which sentence from Passage 1 shows why Atlas offers to take the apples to the king?

• a)”I took the finest that grew on the tree, I assure you.” (paragraph 2)

  
  

• b) “You are certainly a strong man, and can never have a better opportunity to prove it.” (paragraph 6)

  
  

• c) “That’s no more than fair, and I’ll do it!” (paragraph 8)

  
  

• d) “I have no idea of spending another thousand years as I spent the last.” (paragraph 8)

  
  

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Week 1 Day 2:

2A. What is a theme in Passage 1?

• 1. a) Opportunities can be missed if one avoids a challenge.

• 1. b) Pursuing selfish interests can cause others hardship.

• 1. c) Teamwork makes it easier to overcome difficulties

• 1. d) Being helpful to others can be its own reward

Answer explanation

Week 1 Day 2

2B. Which sentence from the passage supports the theme in Part A (that selfishness can cause others hardships?)

• 1. “‘Yes; and the dragon with a hundred heads is a sight worth any man’s seeing.” (paragraph 2)

• 1. “‘And now, as I have a long way to go, and am rather in haste, - and as the king, my cousin, is anxious to receive the golden apples,-will you be kind enough to take the sky off my shoulders again?’” (paragraph 3)

• 1. “‘Well, then, after a thousand years, if I happen to feel in the mood, we may possibly shift about again.’”

  2. (paragraph 6)

• 1. “He threw down the golden apples, and received back the sky from the head and shoulders of Hercules, upon his own, where it rightly belonged.” (paragraph 9)

Answer explanation

Week 1 Day 3

1. Read the sentence from Passage 2. 

22 ‘Since you ask, I’d like a pad for my head - take the weight off.’

How does this dialogue lead to Atlas’s decision to take the universe from Heracles?

• 1. Atlas feels ashamed of tricking Heracles and agrees to take back the weight.

• 1. Atlas relates with Heracles’s hardship and wants to help him relieve his suffering.

• 1. Atlas finds Heracles willing to hold up the sky and decides to exchange duties.

• 1. Atlas realizes he is responsible for Heracles’s suffering and yields to his punishment.

Answer explanation