2025/05 U1: The story of Sisyphus

Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the _____ of modern-day Pakistan.

• amateur

• founder

• chore

• collection

The woman was disappointed by her son’s impolite _____.

• behavior

• cork

• carriage

• barrel

General Smith used _____ strategies to defeat the enemy.

• comic

• cunning

• crunchy

• dusty

Benjamin lost his balance and _____ down the stairs.

• blinked

• boasted

• tumbled

• clarified

Tina ___ her son to clean up the mess in the living room.

• behavior

• founder

• instructed

• scold

He and his wife, Merope, turned Ephyra into a ___ city.

• thriving

• disrespected

• plain

• deceitful

Sisyphus was a tricky, ___ ruler.

• founder

• deceitful

• show off

• underworld

He invited guests to his palace and then killed them to ___ his power.

• trick into

• reminder

• show off

• sacrifice

Zeus ordered Thanatos, or Death, to take the king to the ___ as punishment.

• boulder

• underworld

• Olympus

• ripe old age

Zeus wanted Sisyphus locked up, but Sisyphus had no ___ of staying dead.

• intention

• desire

• reminder

• founder