Arachne the Weaver

Arachne was a ___ who was extremely good at ____.

• goddess; singing

• mortal; warfare

• mortal; weaving

• goddess; offering advice

One day while Arachne was weaving, someone said that she must have gotten her great skill from ___.

• Zeus

• Hera

• Artemis

• Athena

After Arachne transforms, she immediately scurries away and begins to ___.

• Weave a web

• Attack Athena

• Catch bugs

• Burrow in the ground

How does Arachne respond when the person in the crowd compared her work to Athena's?

• With gratitude at the compliment

• With pride, saying her work was 100% her own

• With humility, saying she could only hope to be as good as Athena

• With joy, saying she'd always strived to be as good as Athena

Athena gave Arachne many chances to apologize. What was one thing she did NOT do?

• Athena disguised herself as an old lady.

• She wrote her a letter.

• Athena accepted Arachne's challenge to a weaving competition.

​ (a)   boasted that she was a better weaver than ​ (b)   .

• Arachne

• Athena

• Demeter

Arachne's pride grew to be too great.

• True

• False

How did Arachne react to the villagers' comments about Athena's gift?

• She was thankful

• She denied Athena's help

• She offered to teach Athena

• She ignored them

What is the lesson of the myth "Arachne and Athena"?

• Spiders are called arachnids because they are named after Arachne.

• If you are kind and talented, you will be able to beat a goddess in a competition.

• Anyone can challenge a goddess to anything if you are good enough.

• Bragging and being too prideful can cause trouble for you.

At hearing Arachne's prideful response, what happens to the old woman in the crowd?

• She transformed into Athena herself

• She transformed into Zeus, King of the Gods

• She transformed into a spider to scare Arachne

• She began to melt