The Aeneid of Virgil & Hades Lord of the Dead

What is the tone of the excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil?

• Grim and wretched

• Concerned and calming

• Fearless and questioning

• Ghoulish and emotionless

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Which two quotes from The Aeneid best support the answer to Part A?

• A whirlpool thick / with sludge, its giant eddy seething, vomits / all of its swirling sand into Cocytus. (lines 2–4)

• Alone / he poles the boat and tends the sails . . . (lines 9–10)

• And here a multitude was rushing, swarming / shoreward, with men and mothers, bodies of / high-hearted heroes stripped of life . . . (lines 13–15)

• thick as the leaves that with the early frost / of autumn drop and fall within the forest, / or as the birds that flock along the beaches . . . (lines 18–20)

• But Charon, sullen boatman, / now takes these souls, now those . . . (lines 25–26)

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Read this excerpt from lines 5–9 of The Aeneid. 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. . . . What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?

• 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?

• As gods age, they stop taking care of themselves.

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

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

• Aging takes a toll on gods, but they are still powerful.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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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.7.10

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What is the effect of the words used to describe the whirlpool in lines 2–3 of The Aeneid?

• The poet conveys a tone of disgust.

• The narrator is shown to be observant.

• The narrator indirectly reveals his regret.

• The poet appeals to the reader’s sense of smell.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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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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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.4.9

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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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