Echo and Narcissus

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates narcissism?

• doing very well in a sport but remaining humble about your success

• showing gratitude to people when they do something kind

• always thinking you're the smartest person in the class

• asking for help when you feel confused

Which of the following best describes what it means to be delusional?

• realistic

• out of touch

• conceited

• slighted

_______ gains ________ favor.

• No one; Narcissus's

• Narcissus; no one's

• Echo; Narcissus's

• Narcissus; Echo's

As a punishment for helping Zeus cheat on his wife, Juno, Echo is ______ the use of her voice except to "babble and repeat."

• entitled

• mourned

• slighted

• deprived of

Despite Echo being harshly rejected by Narcissus - he would prefer death over even being touched by her - she nevertheless _____ his death.

• is delusional about

• laments

• gains favor from

• slights

Questions from Passage 1: "If he but fail to recognize himself, a long life he may have," means which of the following:

• If Narcissus stops being so arrogant, he will live a long time.

• If Narcissus recognizes himself, he will live a long time.

• If Narcissus doesn't see himself, he will live a long time.

• If Narcissus fails to love himself, he will die.

Which of the following does this quote demonstrate: "Your tongue, so freely wagged at my expense, shall be of little use; your endless voice, much shorter than your tongue."

• Narcissus slighting Echo and saying how he is not at all interested in reciprocating her feelings.

• Zeus's wife punishing Echo by taking away her voice since Echo helped Zeus cheat.

• Narcissus punishing himself for his lack of kindness towards all the "amorous youth" interested in him.

• Echo expressing how she will continue to profess her love for Narcissus regardless of how he feels.

Passage 1 states, "He flies from her and as he leaves her says, 'Take off your hands! You shall not fold your arms around me. Better death than such a one as you should ever caress me!' Naught she answers save, 'Caress me!'" What does this dialogue demonstrate?

• Narcissus is under the delusion that Echo loves him

• Narcissus slights Echo in an almost inconceivable meanness

• Echo gains Narcissus’s favor by pursuing him and being perseverant in her interest

• Echo deprives Narcissus of the opportunity to speak because her echoing is persistent

Passage 1 states, "But her great love increases with neglect; her miserable body wastes away, wakeful with sorrows; leanness shrivels up her skin, and all her lovely features melt, as if dissolved upon the wafting winds—nothing remains except her bones and voice..." What does this best indicate about Echo?

• She lives miserably alone in the wilderness and wind.

• Echo has dissolved into the pond that Narcissus will look into.

• She is physically alive but suffering.

• She has died but her voice lives on.

According to Passage 1, a rejected love interested of Narcissus says, “If he should love, deny him what he loves!” and Nemesis, the spirit of revenge, granted her assent, meaning agreement. Therefore, if Narcissus falls in love, "deny him what he loves" means...

• he will meet the spirit of revenge

• he will be compelled to accept Echo's interest

• he will not be loved back

• he will die