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WorksheetsIcarus and Daedalus
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best describes Daedalus?
Dumb
Friendly
A carpenter
An inventor
What did Daedalus build in Crete for King Minos?
A swimming pool
A labyrinth (maze)
wings
A flying machine
What was Daedalus's plan to escape Crete?
Build a pair of wings
Build a boat
Catch a bus
Ride and eagle
What was Daedalus's warning to his son?
Not to fly too close to the sea or the sun
Not to fly too quickly
Not to leave Crete
To make a sacrifice to Zeus
Which of the following could be inferred about the character of Icarus?
He is obedient
He is free-spirited
He is tired
He is selfish
Which of the following could be inferred about Daedalus?
He is a poor role model
He was overbearing on Icarus
He was a good father
He was ignorant
What brought about Icarus's death?
He flew too close to the ocean
He flew too close to the son
He was killed by a cyclops
He became lost in the labyrinth
What did Daedalus do after his son's death?
He established the island of Icaria
He built a maze
He built another pair of wings
He killed King Minos
The theme of the myth of Icarus is most likely:
Listen to the wisdom of parents
Disregard authority
To be free is to be alive
Loss can be overcome
Why might the Greeks have created the legend of Icarus?
To get their children to be obedient
To praise King Minos
To appease Zeus
To foretell the future
