WorksheetsComprehension Review - The Aeneid/Hades: Lord of the Dead
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the effect of the IMAGERY in the below excerpt from The Aeneid?
Grim Charon is the squalid ferryman,
the guardian of these streams, these rivers; his
white hairs lie thick, disheveled on his chin;
his eyes are fires that stare, a filthy mantle
hangs down his shoulder by a knot . . .
It illustrates the speaker's fears about the boats.
It shows that the boatman is fearsome and determined.
It describes the boatman's fear about his duties.
It illuminates that the speaker is uncertain and troubled.
Read lines 13-27 of The Aeneid and select the effect of the imagery from below.
If forces readers to consider what their five senses tell them.
It gives modern readers a deeper understanding of the speaker.
It uses scare tactics to thrill modern readers.
It creates a sense of horrific yearning in readers.
What does "swear falsely" mean?
To cry
To lie
To curse
To scream
What is the tone of The Aeneid of Virgil?
Concerned and calming
Fearless and questioning
Grim and wretched
Ghoulish and emotionless
What is the meaning of the phrase "old age in a god is tough and green" in line 12 of The Aeneid?
Old gods may look weak, but they stay powerful.
When gods get old, they stop taking care of themselves.
Old gods may seem powerful, but they are helpless.
When gods get old, they create terror for everyone.
What is the effect of the narrator's use of the word "you" throughout the excerpt from Hades: Lord of the Dead?
In the graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead, what is the job of Cerberus?
How is Cerberus characterized by both words and illustrations in Hades: Lord of the Dead?
As loyal and territorial
As welcoming but fierce
As frightening and ferocious
As worrisome but trustworthy
According to the description of the crowded shores of Erebus on page 147 in Hades: Lord of the Dead, how do the anonymous dead view the living?
As nothing at all
As irresistible objects
As sad memories
As water creatures
What is the author's most likely purpose in telling the story of Hades: Lord of the Dead as a graphic novel?
To engage a new generation of readers in an ancient story
To present the story to demonstrate the power of images over words
To allow readers to play the role of the hero in a mythological story
To present the story so that it can be more easily adapted into a film
The Ferryman Charon's job is described in . . .
The epic poem The Aeneid
The graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead
Both of them
The Danaides work to fill a bathtub with a sieve in . .
The epic poem The Aeneid
The graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead
Both of them
Ixion's flaming wheel provides light in . . .
The epic poem The Aeneid
The graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead
Both of them
The priestess explains who is carried across the River Styx in . . .
The epic poem The Aeneid
The graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead
Both of them
Teeming hordes of the dead wait on the shores in . . .
The epic poem The Aeneid
The graphic novel Hades: Lord of the Dead
Both of them
