The Greeks: Amplify Review

7. How does paragraph 14 contribute to the development of the plot?

• a. It describes how Prometheus challenged Zeus’s authority.

• b. It tells how Zeus will punish Prometheus.

• c. It reveals that knowledge of fire does come with a price.

• d. It shows how people changed after Prometheus gave them knowledge of fire.

14. Which choice BEST describes how paragraph 34 contributes to the development of the story?

• a. It shows that the Cyclops has decided not to eat anybody because of the gift.

• b. It indicates that the Cyclops has imprisoned men in this way before.

• c. It shows how dangerous it is for Odysseus and his men to be trapped by the Cyclops.

• d. It shows how Odysseus’s relationship with the Cyclops is improving.

3. Which choice BEST describes how paragraph 5 contributes to the theme of the myth?

• a. It shows Prometheus’s belief that man deserves knowledge of fire.

• b. It shows Zeus’s belief that knowledge comes with a price.

• c. It indicates that knowing about fire does not have many benefits.

• d. It indicates that no one can change their fate—even the gods.

2. How would Zeus describe man’s life without knowledge of fire?

• a. Man is happier without knowledge of fire.

• b. Man is limited without knowledge of fire.

• c. Man is like a wild animal without knowledge of fire.

• d. Man has more pride without knowledge of fire.

18. Which of the following BEST describes a theme of the passage?

• a. The gods in ancient Greek myths often guide and protect the weak.

• b. Physical strength is no match against cleverness.

• c. Man’s excessive pride can get him into trouble.

• d. It is important to listen when someone warns of danger.

9. Imagine that this myth will be given a new title. Which choice BEST describes a theme of the story?

• a. Zeus and Prometheus Disagree About Man

• b. Without Fire, Man Would Be a Beast-like Creature

• c. Fire Should Belong to the Gods Alone

• d. The Gift of Knowledge Comes With a Price

10. In paragraph 15, Zeus considers destroying the humans with fire, but decides instead to “Let them destroy themselves with their new skills.” Based on the events leading up to this statement, the reader can infer that Zeus thinks that...

• a. humans will not be able to control fire and they will burn.

• b. humans will forget to worship the gods, who will take vengeance.

• c. humans will use their new tools to go to war.

• d. humans will fight over who can control the fire.

17. Which sentence from paragraph 39 BEST shows how proud Odysseus is of his cleverness? Choose ONE.

• a. And off they went, while I laughed to myself at the way in which my cunning notion of a false name had taken them in.

• b. The Cyclops, still moaning in agonies of pain, groped about with his hands and pushed the rock away from the mouth of the cave.

• c. Then he sat himself down in the doorway and stretched out both arms in the hope of catching us in the act of slipping out among the sheep

• d. What a fool he must have thought me! Meanwhile I was cudgelling my brains for the best possible course, trying to hit on some way of saving my friends as well as myself.

• f. I thought up plan after plan, scheme after scheme. It was a matter of life or death: we were in mortal peril.

11. Reread paragraph 31. Which sentence BEST implies that the Cyclops is going to be kinder to Odysseus and his men?

• a. The Cyclops took the wine and drank it up.

• b. And the delicious drink gave him such exquisite pleasure that he asked me for another bowlful.

• c. “Give me more, please, and tell me your name, here and now—I would like to make you a gift that will please you.

• d. We Cyclopes have wine of our own made from the grapes that our rich soil and rains from Zeus produce.

• e. But this vintage of yours is a drop of the real nectar and ambrosia.”

8. Select the paragraph that shows that the narrator of the myth is telling this story long after it happened.

• Paragraph 15

• Paragraph 17

• Paragraph 16

• Paragraph 18