WorksheetsThe Flight of Icarus
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Icarus's father?
a)
Theseus
b)
Daedalus
c)
Minos
d)
Icarus
2.
What is Daedalus?
a)
A blacksmith
b)
A god
c)
An artist
d)
A fish
3.
Who helped Daedalus escape from the tower?
a)
King Minos
b)
Nobody, he escaped himself
c)
Icarus
d)
Theseus
4.
What were the two things Icarus's father told him to do?
a)
Don't fly too low or too high and stay close to me
b)
Have fun and fly high
c)
Don't fly to the mystical mountain and play with the dragon
d)
Stay on the ground and think about your life
5.
What was softening the wax on Icarus's wings?
a)
The sun's heat
b)
The wind
c)
The ocean water
d)
The clouds
6.
Where did Icarus fall?
a)
On a mountain
b)
In the ocean
c)
In the grass
d)
Into his father's arms
7.
What city was Daedalus traveling to holding Icarus?
a)
Rome
b)
Athens
c)
Sicily
d)
Romania
8.
What god did Daedalus build the temple to?
a)
Zeus
b)
Hades
c)
Athena
d)
Apollo
9.
What was offered to Apollo?
a)
His wings and a few colorful ones he found where Icarus had fallen
b)
Golden sandals
c)
A vine of grapes
d)
Gold and money
10.
Do you think things would have turned out for the better if Apollo would have listened to his father?
a)
Yes
b)
No
11.
What was the meaning/moral of the story?
a)
Listen to your elders
b)
Never fly too close to the sun
c)
Don't fly in DIY wings
d)
Know how to fly without wings
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